The purple category for Connections No. 608 for Feb. 8 is a doozy.
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Today’s Connections puzzle isn’t easy. I found the blue category harder than the purple one, but the purple one uses a technique the puzzle-makers love to employ. Think of one word that four of the clues match 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. And 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 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: Trading tokens.
Green group hint: Smash together.
Blue group hint: When did (or will) it happen?
Purple group hint: Let’s eat
Answers for today’s Connections groupsYellow group: Info on a baseball card
Green group: Scrunch, as fabric
Blue group: Time adverbs
Purple group: ____ food
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What are today’s Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Feb. 8, 2025 #608.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is info on a baseball card. The four answers are bio, player, stat and team.
The green words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is scrunch, as fabric. The four answers are bunch, gather, pucker and ruffle.
The blue words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is time adverbs. The four answers are later, now, soon and then.
The purple words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is ____ food. The four answers are fast, finger, junk and soul.
Toughest Connections puzzlesWe’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.
