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NYT Connections February 17 2025 Answers

Puzzle #617

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

DOUBLE BLOW SNAKE BREAK LEAVE WIND CAT STRIKE SPARE REST SWORD WEAVE VACATION CURVE TURKEY GOLD

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — TIME OFF
Green — FOLLOW A MEANDERING COURSE
Blue — BOWLING RESULTS
Purple — ___FISH
TIME OFFBREAK, LEAVE, REST, VACATION
FOLLOW A MEANDERING COURSECURVE, SNAKE, WEAVE, WIND
BOWLING RESULTSDOUBLE, SPARE, STRIKE, TURKEY
___FISHBLOW, CAT, GOLD, SWORD
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.