If you feel like you are losing your mind in today’sConnectionspuzzle, have no worries because we have everything under control. I solved the puzzle so that you don’t have to - or at least you don’t have to struggle as much as I did. There are a few ways that this puzzle is attempting to trick us, and I don’t want you to stumble.This puzzle has just as many ways to get out of those pitfalls as it does to get into them, and I have all the information you need to do just that.
If you want another game to keep you busy today, theNYT’sSpelling Beepuzzlecan occupy your mind for a long time. This is because you cankeep trying to come up with new words made from the letters availablefor the entirety of the day. There are a lot of possibilities, and you will have to wrack your brain to think of all of them throughout the puzzle. However, it is satisfying if you manage to get all of the possible words on a given day’s puzzle, and you can boast to all your friends about it.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
FEBRUARY 28 #628
Today’s puzzle I found to be a medium difficulty. It is not too difficult but it also has some places where I had to think about it. It also seems like they love the extremely long category names lately,and there is a category today that might beat out the previously super long one. It’s not very helpful when you have small boxes to put them in. But my problems are not yours, because I have some clues for you to let you breeze through the rest of this puzzle.
Wordle History: Today’s Answer & All Past Words
Wordle is a simple daily word game that has taken the internet by storm. With only 6 chances to get the right answer, players may need a little help.
If you are still struggling to get these categories nailed down,knowing what their names arewill help a great deal. Use the names in the boxes below to help yourself out, and if that’s not enough, scroll further down to the spoilers.
WAVER
YO-YO
This one I was able to get quickly, as WAVER and WAFFLE caught my attention after staring at the puzzle for a few moments. It wasn’t the easiest of yellow categories, but neither was it the hardest. If there had been any other words that I could see going with YO-YO,things might not have ended as well as they did. I am not sure if I would use this as a word to describe someone’s indecisiveness myself, but I can see why someone else would. Luckily, I did not HESITATE long, and I finished this category up and moved on.
DOLL
PEACH
This one was a little harder for me to get, and I believe I got it second to last. It was mainly due to the variety of the words, as while they all refer to the same thing, they also all have a different meaning as well. There are, in fact, a lot of possibilities for each of those words,but it became clear as the puzzle went on that none of them really matched anything else. Knowing that, I was able to spot that they could all be pet names for another person.
12 Letter Boxed Strategies To Win Quickly
The Letter Boxed game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to connect letters to form words while using various strategies to win quickly.
SENSE
WITS
I expected these to be in a category that was about completing a phrase. Given I was wrong, I still pleasantly got the right answer since I was in the right ballpark. MARBLES is likely the tricky word here,as it’s the most metaphorical word for the human MIND. However, I also feel like it is used enough as a metaphor that most people are likely familiar with it, but I could just be surrounded by people who really like MARBLES.
GENIE
TOOTHPASTE
If you want to find a good metaphor, there are several good options listed in this category. It is an incredibly long name for a category, and I feel like that’s been a running theme often lately. However, if you need a description of these metaphors, which I never thought I did,the category name does explain it well. I like “letting the GENIE out of the bottle” best, but I have heard or used all of them at one point.
Other Games Like Connections
If you want totry out another puzzle, check out one of the ones listed in the box below.
Is It Free To Play?
Wordle(NYT)
Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues.EveryWordleanswercan be found in our daily updated list.
Yes
Worldle
Name a country based only on its silhouette, and a few geographical hints.
The Password Game
Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find somehelpful tips in ourPassword Gameguide.
Absurdle
attempt to solve a game ofWordlewithout any help. With each guess, the game reveals as little information as possible, even changing the word if need be.
