Today's Connections Hints & Answers For February 16, 2025 (Puzzle #616)

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If you are looking for a match to a disconnected word in today’s puzzle, you are in the right place to get the clue you need to make that come true. This one felt a little harder to me, and I was on a struggle bus as I tried to get four words to line up with each other. Now that I am finally off of that bus, I can help you miss the bus entirely and get on the one that will take you straight to victory instead.

If you need to get another puzzle in today, the NYT’s is a good one to try out. There are tons of great puzzles out there, but sometimes nothing beats a classic. And this classic has been updated and works a little differently than you might remember. It’s a nice, fresh take on the traditional crossword and one that will only take you a short work break as opposed to a full afternoon.

The issue with this puzzle I think was a lot of words that I felt like should go together in one big massive category. I was one word away almost every time I made a guess. Figuring out which one belongs in the category and what word should be swapped in can be a massive challenge. By the end of these clues, you should be able to start dividing the words up and figuring out how to make those swaps for yourself.

The Tiles game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to use various strategies to pair matching visual patterns together to build huge combos.

If you still need some more hints you can get them from the boxes filled with category names down below. There are also plenty of spoilers for those who need them.

GLIMMER

CORRESPOND WELL WITH

FAMOUS PUPPETS

DOG BREEDS MINUS «ER» SOUND

GLIMMER

HINT

SUGGESTION

TOUCH

TRACE

This category was not the one that tripped me up the most but I was mostly stuck on a later one. I did see HINT and SUGGESTION but I thought it was more likely to be POINT and TOUCH. TRACE felt like a weird thing to put here, as these seemed more in line with the feeling of giving a hint to someone as opposed to one existing. Because I got “one away”