
NYT Connections Today: All Hints and Answers for February 13, 2025
Each day brings a new Connections puzzle from The New York Times, challenging players to find common threads between 16 words divided into four distinct categories.
Players must identify and group four words that share a connection, with only one correct combination possible. The game allows up to four mistakes before ending.

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Categories are color-coded by difficulty:
- Yellow (Easiest)
- Green
- Blue
- Purple (Hardest)
Today's Category Hints:
- Yellow: A model for creating something
- Green: Ways to show gratitude
- Blue: Expressing ability or necessity
- Purple: Common phrases ending in "trip"
Today's Category Themes:
- Yellow: Template
- Green: Demonstration, As of Appreciation
- Blue: Modal Verbs
- Purple: ___Trip
Today's Solutions (#611):
- Template: BLUEPRINT, GUIDE, MODEL, MOLD
- Demonstration, As of Appreciation: EXPRESSION, GESTURE, SYMBOL, TOKEN
- Modal Verbs: CAN, MIGHT, MUST, WILL
- ___Trip: EGO, GUILT, HEAD, POWER
Players can shuffle the board to help spot connections more easily, and like Wordle, results can be shared on social media. A new puzzle is released daily at midnight.