Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Feb. 28 #993

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is pretty tricky. Both the blue and the purple categories really require you to look for hidden connections. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: When you really want something.

Green group hint: Flight attendants also.

Blue group hint: What’s your name?

Purple group hint: Stars and space.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Craving.

Green group: Jobs that involve traveling.

Blue group: Name homophones.

Purple group: Astronomical terms plus a letter.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is craving. The four answers are desire, itch, thirst and urge.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is jobs that involve traveling. The four answers are cruise director, pilot, roadie and salesman.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is name homophones. The four answers are earnest, kneel, rustle and tailor.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is astronomical terms plus a letter. The four answers are cometh (comet), Novak (nova), start (star) and sung (sun).

Toughest Connections puzzles

We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.

#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.

#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.

#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.

#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.

#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.