Today's Connections Hints & Answers For February 22, 2025 (Puzzle #622)

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Today’s puzzle can be quite the tease, so sit back and buckle up for some of the clues you can get for this one. This one has some wild stuff going on, including what is possibly the longest category name I have ever seen. The easiest category was more like the hardest one, and I had a wild flashback to arts and crafts in Kindergarten. It was an emotional rollercoaster and one that I hope you enjoy as you go through the hints I have in the boxes below.

If you are looking for something that is hopefully a little more normal, the NYT’s puzzle is consistent but also a challenge. You have to string five words together, and you will have to do so by bouncing around the sides of a box over and over again. Once you get the hang of it, you will be bouncing all around the box without an issue and getting all of the words with no problem at all.

As stated, this puzzle was absolutely wild to solve, but I wouldn’t say it was necessarily difficult. Or, at least, it wasn’t so hard that I didn’t finish the puzzle, but it was difficult in the sense that it felt like there was no pattern at first and the patterns I did see didn’t pan out. There was a lot going on, but I managed to tease it out and now I can help you do the same.

This tricky little five by five crossword isn't always as easy as it looks; here are a couple easy tips and tricks to beat your friends' times!

If you still need more help, because it was crazy,you can get the following category names to help you out, as well as the spoilers further down. Apologies for how warped the box is going to look due to the first category name.

MEMBERS OF A TEAM WITH THE MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS

CREATE SOME VOLUME/TEXTURE IN HAIR

SUPPLIES FOR MACARONI ART

WORDS AFTER «GOLDEN»

MEMBERS OF A TEAM WITH THE MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS

CANADIEN

CELTIC

PACKER

YANKEE

This one was a doozy, and I thought it was one of the hardest categories. CELTIC and CANADIEN would likely go together, but the