Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
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Each day’s game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before today’s NYT Connections hints, here’s what you missed on Thursday:
ForbesNYT Connections Hints: Thursday, February 26 Clues And Answers (#991)By Kris HoltForbesNYT Connections Answers Explained: Thursday, February 26 (#991)By Kris Holt
Hey there, Connectors! I hope you’ve had a great week! The weekend is right around the corner, so let’s make sure you get there with your Connections streak intact.
As long as I don’t royally screw it up, my own streak will hit 363 today. If I can win the next two after that, I’ll hit a year-long streak on Sunday. Whoa.
I don’t actually put that much stock into my streaks. This is all just a bit of fun, after all. But it would be kinda nice to hit that milestone. Especially because my previous best run was 32 wins in a row.
Before we start, I want to mention the great community we have on Discord, where we chat about Connections, the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. It’s a lovely, welcoming group of folks. I like to call it our cozy little corner of the internet. You’re more than welcome to join us. Don’t be shy!
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, February 27 are coming right up. Let’s get rolling!
NYT Connections – How To Play
Connections is a free New York Times daily word game that you can play on the NYT’s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive, which includes every previous game.
Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don’t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that’s what you have to figure out.
There’s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it’s game over.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs – part of the fun of Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.
As with Wordle and similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.
Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow – correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.
NYT Connections Hints – Today’s Word List
Scroll slowly! I’ll first give you a list of today’s words, then a hint for each category. After that, I’ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I’ll tell you the category names, followed by the full answers.
Today’s 16 words are…
JUDASDRILLQUALITYBUTTERFLYFRENCHBENCHAIRRIPPLESNAKESNOWBALLTRAITORMANNERDOMINOPRINTINGIMPRESSIONTURNCOATNYT Connections Hints
And the hints for today’s Connections groups are:
🟨 Yellow group — facilitators of betrayal🟩 Green group — an intangible factor that draws others in🟦 Blue group — it’s just one thing after another🟪 Purple group — stop, associated and word may all fit in hereNYT Connections Hints – One Answer Per Group
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Let’s take a look at one answer for each group.
Here we go…
🟨 Yellow group — TURNCOAT🟩 Green group — MANNER🟦 Blue group — DOMINO🟪 Purple group — DRILLNYT Connections Hints – Groups/Categories
Today’s Connections groups are…
🟨 Yellow group — backstabber 🟩 Green group — aura🟦 Blue group — kinds of chain reaction “effects” 🟪 Purple group — _____ press NYT Connections Answers
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your last chance to look away.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are…
🟨 Yellow group — backstabber (JUDAS, SNAKE, TRAITOR, TURNCOAT)🟩 Green group — aura (AIR, IMPRESSION, MANNER, QUALITY)🟦 Blue group — kinds of chain reaction “effects” (BUTTERFLY, DOMINO, RIPPLE, SNOWBALL)🟪 Purple group — _____ press (BENCH, DRILL, FRENCH, PRINTING)
The yellows crystallized in my mind as soon as I got down to TRAITOR when I was writing out the list of words. No problem with those.
FRENCH, AIR and BUTTERFLY can all precede “kiss,” but that seemed like a red herring since we’ve had a similar category lately. Soon after, I realized that BUTTERFLY fit with the rest of the blues (though it did take me a moment to clock that SNOWBALL was the fourth word).
At that point, FRENCH, PRINTING and BENCH landed next to each other. That’s when the purple connection clicked for me. That left the greens, and the category made sense to me before I submitted that group.
Another perfect game today! Join me over the weekend to see if I get to the mythical 365? 🙂 I write the weekend editions of this column over at my newsletter, Pastimes, so you’ll be able to find out there whether I hit a year-long streak of Connections wins.
How did you get on today? Here’s my grid:
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Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let’s explore today’s game in more depth in my NYT Connections Answers Explained column right here:
ForbesNYT Connections Today: Answers Explained For Friday, February 27 (#992)By Kris Holt
I’ll be back with you here on Monday. As I mentioned, you can check out my weekend editions of this column over at my newsletter.
P.S. My YouTube algorithm remains undefeated. Here’s a solid bit of Britpop from a band called The Rooks. “Found My Reason Why” sounds like a mix of a Stereophonics and Manic Street Preachers.
The singer sounds like a less raspy version of Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones to me (I do love Jones’ voice, which sounds like it was soaked in whisky for 20 years). Yep, this is a nice introduction to this band:
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!
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