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NYT Connections February 1 2024 Answers

Puzzle #235

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

PUG LOVER BUILT BRAIN BUFF CUT NUT RIPPED PARE PRUNE JACKED WALNUT SWOLE TRIM FAN CLIP

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — MAKE SHORTER
Green — MUSCULAR
Blue — ENTHUSIAST
Purple — WRINKLY THINGS
MAKE SHORTERCLIP, CUT, PARE, TRIM
MUSCULARBUILT, JACKED, RIPPED, SWOLE
ENTHUSIASTBUFF, FAN, LOVER, NUT
WRINKLY THINGSBRAIN, PRUNE, PUG, WALNUT
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution

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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.