NYT Connections for February 20 is now available. Each day, players are provided 16 words, four each, to be divided into different groups. Every group is based on a central theme and may include words that are homophones or palindromes. Upon successful identification of a group, a color is assigned—yellow is considered the easiest and purple the toughest. Each group falls under a difficulty level, making the game interesting. Players are provided with in-game assistance and hints to complete the puzzle conveniently throughout the game. Here are the hints, answers, and clues for today, February 20, Strands.
Connections hint for February 20
Today’s 16 words are as follows: Dew, Circle, Rooster, Star, Sunrise, Triangle, Worm, Umbrella, Bunk, Alarm, Flare, Signal, Crash, Sleep, SOS, and Stay. Based on the hints given below, allocate these words into four different groups. The hints are placed from easier to difficult levels.
Yellow group: The category refers to catching someone’s attention in case of a potential danger.
Green group: The four-word category consists of a situation where you are late, and it’s nighttime, forcing you to be somewhere you didn’t want to be.
Blue group: This category is about things happening at a specific time of the day. Hint: when you wake up.
Purple Group: The category refers to a specific game in Netflix’s most popular series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk.
What are the Connections answers for today, February 20?
ALERT (Yellow group)
Alarm, Flare, Signal, SOS
SPEND THE NIGHT (AT) (Green Group)
Bunk, Crash, Sleep, Stay
ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY MORNING (Blue Group)
Dew, Rooster, Sunrise, Worm
COOKIE CUTTER SHAPES IN SQUID GAME (Purple Group)
Circle, Star, Umbrella, Triangle
Based on hints, the first two groups were easier to determine. Things might get a bit trickier in the blue group. However, if you manage to segregate the remaining words into purple and blue based on hints. It will become simpler to crack. Surprisingly, the toughest one also could be solved conveniently, if one is well-versed with the popular Netflix show.
