NYT Connections February 23 2024 Answers
Puzzle #257
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
FOREST PARADE EROTIC SKELETON TRAIN HEDGEHOG OLIVE BOOK MINT DEMOCRATIC CACTUS FLEET NOBLE CARAVAN SAD LIME
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — PROCESSION
Green — SHADES OF GREEN
Blue — WHAT “BLUE” MIGHT MEAN
Purple — THINGS WITH SPINES
PROCESSIONCARAVAN, FLEET, PARADE, TRAIN
SHADES OF GREENOLIVE, FOREST, LIME, MINT
WHAT “BLUE” MIGHT MEANDEMOCRATIC, EROTIC, NOBLE, SAD
THINGS WITH SPINESBOOK, CACTUS, HEDGEHOG, SKELETON
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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.