Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections No. 623 for Feb. 23.
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Today’s Connections puzzle contains a lot of kitchen-centric words, and may just make you hungry. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
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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: Push back and forth.
Green group hint: Keep eats for later.
Blue group hint: Morning meal add-ons.
Purple group hint: Whoops!
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Rub together.
Green group: Ways to preserve food.
Blue group: Breakfast condiments.
Purple group: Proverbial things that are spilled.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Feb. 23, 2025, #623.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is rub together. The four answers are gnash, grate, grind and scrape.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is ways to preserve food. The four answers are can, ferment, freeze and pickle.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is breakfast condiments. The four answers are butter, hot sauce, jam and syrup.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is proverbial things that are spilled. The four answers are beans, guts, milk and tea.
