Connections #256 Answers
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #256 for Thursday, February 22, 2024. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): dog sounds
- Green: department
- Blue: origin
- Purple (hardest): colors with their first letters changed
Answers
DOG SOUNDS
BARK, GROWL, HOWL, WHINE
DEPARTMENT
ARM, BRANCH, CHAPTER, WING
ORIGIN
CRADLE, FONT, ROOT, SOURCE
COLORS WITH THEIR FIRST LETTERS CHANGED
CLUE, FROWN, MELLOW, PREEN
Previous Connections answers
- #255 — pesters, tony winners for best musical, they have keys, school of ___
- #254 — party pooper, musical sections, bit of liquid, vegetable homophones
- #253 — used in building a fire, mess up, workshop tools, parts of a door
- #252 — eat a little, pursue, ingredients in minestrone, ___cast
- #251 — bit of hair, media attention, noun suffixes, ___ circus
- #250 — comfy shoes, things made with feathers, programming languages, things that can strike
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