Today's Connections Hints & Answers For February 03, 2025 (Puzzle #603)

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If today’s puzzle is twisting your melon, it is also twisting ours. It is a difficult puzzle, due to the types of words and how those words are scattered throughout the box. There are also a lot of words that mean similar things, and that makes it harder to separate them out. There are also some obscure meanings for some of these words, which are not helped by the pairings they put in here. It looks easy when you first load it, but that can be deceptive and players might need some hints to help them overcome it.

If you want to play a different kind of game that doesn’t require any knowledge of definitions, the NYT’s puzzle is a great one to wind down with. While it still has its challenges, as anyone who has played can attest, a nice aesthetically pleasing matching puzzle can calm you right down after a stressful day of work. The more tiles you connect layer-by-layer, the higher your score and the better your streak will be.

Today’s puzzle feels challenging because of the words that make it up. There are a ton of different possibilities,and this one felt like there were way more red herrings than there have been recently. It almost felt like half the words could be in a big category together. Solving this on your own could be very difficult, but luckily I have four hints for you to help you start to narrow down your choices with a little context.

Four categories with four words each sounds simple, but the daily challenge of the Connections game can prove difficult without a few tips to help.

If you still need more hints after that, the category names should give you a good idea of what’s going on. However, due to some of the crossover words, you might still need some answers which can be found below the box.

COMMENT AFTER AN INSULT

TINY AMOUNT, WITH «A»

BIT OF A CITRUS GARNISH

BUNGLE, WITH «UP»

COMMENT AFTER AN INSULT

BURN

OUCH

SNAP

ZING

All of the categories I felt very close to, and in fact, I got “One Away” multiple times as I was trying to solve this