Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 24, #624

Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections No. 624 for Feb. 24.

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Today’s Connections puzzle pulls out one of those crazy-hard purple categories, where the editors find four related words and play with the spelling to turn them into different words. Oof. If you’re stumped, read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

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Hints for today’s Connections groupsHere are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Yum!

Green group hint: To say uncle.

Blue group hint: Think Popeye

Purple group hint: You have this, now add a letter.

Answers for today’s Connections groupsYellow group: Eat voraciously.

Green group: Bend under pressure.

Blue group: Classic nautical tattoos.

Purple group: Body parts plus letter.

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What are today’s Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Feb. 24, 2025, #624.

NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is eat voraciously.  The four answers are gobble, gulf, scarf and wolf.

The green words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is bend under pressure.  The four answers are bow, buckle, cave and give.

The blue words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is classic nautical tattoos.  The four answers are anchor, compass, mermaid and swallow.

The purple words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is body parts plus letter.  The four answers are butte, china, hearth and shine.