NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Friday, February 28, 2025 (#628)

Puzzle #628. 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 Friday, February 28, 2025 (puzzle #628) is: YELLOW — BE INDECISIVE: HESITATE, WAFFLE, WAVER, YO-YO. GREEN — LOVELY PERSON: ANGEL, DEAR, DOLL, PEACH. BLUE — LUCIDITY: MARBLES, MIND, SENSE, WITS. PURPLE — COMPONENTS OF METAPHORS FOR THINGS THAT CAN’T BE UNDONE: BELL, EGG, GENIE, TOOTHPASTE.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Friday, February 28, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

PEACH
YO-YO
EGG
MARBLES
TOOTHPASTE
WAFFLE
DOLL
MIND
GENIE
ANGEL
SENSE
HESITATE
WAVER
WITS
BELL
DEAR

How hard is Connections #628?

Easy40/100
  • Lots of very short words, which carry more possible meanings.

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 Friday, February 28, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Friday, February 28, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Friday, February 28, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Friday, February 28, 2025 (puzzle #628) is: YELLOW — BE INDECISIVE: HESITATE, WAFFLE, WAVER, YO-YO. GREEN — LOVELY PERSON: ANGEL, DEAR, DOLL, PEACH. BLUE — LUCIDITY: MARBLES, MIND, SENSE, WITS. PURPLE — COMPONENTS OF METAPHORS FOR THINGS THAT CAN’T BE UNDONE: BELL, EGG, GENIE, TOOTHPASTE.

What is the purple group in Connections #628?

The purple (hardest) group is "COMPONENTS OF METAPHORS FOR THINGS THAT CAN’T BE UNDONE": BELL, EGG, GENIE, TOOTHPASTE.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "BE INDECISIVE" — HESITATE, WAFFLE, WAVER, YO-YO. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Friday, February 28, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #628. 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.