NYT Connections hints and answers for February 26, 2025

NYT Connections

The New York Times’ daily word puzzle, Connections, challenges players to group words into four related categories. Unlike traditional crosswords, this game focuses on recognizing patterns and relationships between words. The February 26 puzzle featured themes requiring logical thinking and word associations.

Connections present a grid of 16 words. Players must sort them into four groups of four based on shared themes. Categories can be based on synonyms, wordplay, or cultural references. A new puzzle is available daily on the NYT website and app.

To assist without revealing answers, here are category hints:

• Yellow: Related to spending

• Green: Describes something from the past

• Blue: Involves horizontal marks

• Purple: Altered names from a popular TV show

These hints help guide solvers without removing the challenge of discovering the connections themselves.

For those seeking solutions, today’s groups are:

• Yellow (Expenditure): Charge, Cost, Price, Rate

• Green (Onetime): Former, Late, Past, Prior

• Blue (Made with horizontal lines): Dash, Hyphen, Minus, Underscore

• Purple (Simpson family names with first letter changed): Baggie, Barge, Comer, Pisa