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Today’s Connections puzzle blue group reminds me that the Super Bowl is less than a week away. And in addition to the Chiefs-Eagles game, and the Kendrick Lamar-SZA halftime show, that day will also see Connections: Sports Edition coming out of beta. It’ll be in The Athletic app, though not The New York Times Games app. 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.
Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time
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: Protect
Green group hint: You might do this to fingernails
Blue group hint: Make money on the Super Bowl, perhaps
Purple group hint: Not toes, but…
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Conserve
Green group: Smooth using friction
Blue group: Sports gambling terms
Purple group: Words before “fingers”
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Feb. 4, 2025, #604.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is conserve. The four answers are keep, preserve, save and store.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is smooth using friction. The four answers are buff, file, grind and sand.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is sports gambling terms. The four answers are favorite, parlay, spread and under.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is words before “fingers.” The four answers are butter, chicken, lady and sticky.
