NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Wednesday, February 12, 2025 (#612)

Puzzle #612. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, February 12, 2025 (puzzle #612) is: YELLOW — DOCUMENTS OF OWNERSHIP: CERTIFICATE, DEED, RECEIPT, TITLE. GREEN — BITS IN A VARIETY SHOW: DANCE, MONOLOGUE, SKETCH, SONG. BLUE — PROPS FOR CHARACTERS ON "THE SIMPSONS": DONUT, PACIFIER, SAXOPHONE, SKATEBOARD. PURPLE — STARTING WITH "SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL": ANDROID, RATTLESNAKE, ROLLERBLADE, SHAKESPEARE.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

SHAKESPEARE
RATTLESNAKE
ANDROID
ROLLERBLADE
SONG
TITLE
SKATEBOARD
SKETCH
DONUT
DANCE
DEED
SAXOPHONE
CERTIFICATE
MONOLOGUE
PACIFIER
RECEIPT

How hard is Connections #612?

Easy30/100
  • Four clean, meaning-based categories with little overlap.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Wednesday, February 12, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, February 12, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Wednesday, February 12, 2025 (puzzle #612) is: YELLOW — DOCUMENTS OF OWNERSHIP: CERTIFICATE, DEED, RECEIPT, TITLE. GREEN — BITS IN A VARIETY SHOW: DANCE, MONOLOGUE, SKETCH, SONG. BLUE — PROPS FOR CHARACTERS ON "THE SIMPSONS": DONUT, PACIFIER, SAXOPHONE, SKATEBOARD. PURPLE — STARTING WITH "SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL": ANDROID, RATTLESNAKE, ROLLERBLADE, SHAKESPEARE.

What is the purple group in Connections #612?

The purple (hardest) group is "STARTING WITH "SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL"": ANDROID, RATTLESNAKE, ROLLERBLADE, SHAKESPEARE.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "DOCUMENTS OF OWNERSHIP" — CERTIFICATE, DEED, RECEIPT, TITLE. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #612. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.