Connections Help, Hints & Clues for Today, February 3

Today’s edition of the NYT Word Game, initially introduced in The New York Times in June 2023 and swiftly gaining popularity, is now accessible for players to engage with. This word puzzle challenges participants to sort a 16-word grid into four accurate categories, each consisting of four words.

Every grouping or type represents a topic that connects four words from the grid. These connections can be various – ranging from synonyms to words that sound alike to words modified slightly by adding one or two letters. The categories are signified by color, where purple indicates more challenging categories and yellow indicates easier ones.

Here are the hints, clues, and answers for Connections for February 3, 2025.

Connections hints for February 3

The following sixteen words were used in the word game on February 3rd: SNAP, SCREW, BURN, ZEST, LOUSE, WEDGE, ZING, MITE, SLICE, MUCK, BIT, OUCH, LITTLE, TWIST, FOUL, and TAD.

In this version, the sentence is rephrased to use a more natural and easy-to-read structure by starting with “The following” instead of “The 16 words,” and using “were used in” instead of “are.” This makes the sentence clearer and easier for readers to understand.

The hints for February 3 Connections are as follows:

Yellow Category

Often a third person’s reaction to a jibe.

Green Category

A really small amount.

Blue Category

Enhances cocktails.

Purple Category

Messing things up.

What are the Connections answers for today, February 3?

The following are the NYT Connections answers for today, February 3:

Yellow Category:  Comment after an insult

BURN, OUCH, SNAP, and ZING

Green Category: Tiny amount, with “a”

BIT, LITTLE, MITE, and TAD

Blue Category: Bit of citrus garnish

SLICE, TWIST, WEDGE, and ZEST

Purple Category: Bungle, with “up”

FOUL, LOUSE, MUCK, and SCREW.

Today’s puzzle wasn’t particularly challenging, but we encountered a hiccup when attempting to identify the fourth term in the set of OUCH, SNAP, and ZING. At first, we assumed that the shared theme was exclamations from comic books, only to discover later that they were reactions to insults. It turned out that BURN matched this pattern. The rest of the words weren’t too difficult to decipher, though initially, we thought TWIST and SCREW might belong to a different category.

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2025-02-03 07:40