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Today’s Connections puzzle throws another one of those bizarre purple categories at us. You don’t even want to know how hard I racked my brain to figure out what other words “Bigfoot” matched up with. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here 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: Think E.T.’s famous phrase.
Green group hint: Vroom-vroom
Blue group hint: Science class terms.
Purple group hint: What size?
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Contact via telephone
Green group: Parts of a car
Blue group: Levels of biological organization
Purple group: Ending with units of measure
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Feb. 27, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is contact via telephone. The four answers are call, dial, phone and ring.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is parts of a car. The four answers are belt, horn, mirror and wheel.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is levels of biological organization. The four answers are atom, cell, organ and tissue.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ending with units of measure. The four answers are Bigfoot, compound, Instagram and thermometer.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.