It’s almost the end of another week, and hopefully you’re ending it as strong as your streak is going right now (potentially). We’ve got another slammer of an NYT Connections puzzle to grind through today, but if you want to solve it as quickly as possible, just scroll down and pick out my best NYT Connections hints.
If you don’t want the answer straight away, I’ve got NYT Connections clues for you, but if you do, just hit the bottom of the page to secure what you need to know.
How to Play NYT Connections
In June 2023, NYT Connections emerged as yet another game in the ever-growing lineup of the New York Times titles. This title soared immediately, and it’s easy to see why. As a free-to-play, accessible New York Times game, NYT Connections is available worldwide and can be played on desktop devices or in a mobile app.
But how do you play NYT Connections?

The NYT team will provide you with a grid of 16 words once a day. The only task left up to you is to sort those words into four groups of four by finding their commonalities. Every NYT Connections puzzle has just one solution, and some words can have double meanings, so it can sometimes be tricky to figure out the answers.
It’s also important to stress that the words are color-coded: yellow, blue, green, and purple. That’s in order of difficulty, from least to most.
What’s critical here is that you get four guesses every day, and if you use those, your NYT Connections answers for today will be out of reach, as it’ll be game over.
Today’s NYT Connections Hints (February 19)
Here are the words from today’s NYT Connections puzzle:
- BASKET
- BELLOWS
- DYE
- POKER
- EGGS
- SHOVEL
- PEEPS
- TONGS
- DISCO
- BOYLE
- JOHN TRAVOLTA
- BRAYS
- PLATFORM SHOES
- SEAR
- POLYESTER SUIT
- STU
And here are the hints I can offer for today’s NYT Connections:
- Yellow – Words you’d associate with easter
- Green – Things that are used around a fireplace
- Blue – Words linked to the Saturday Night Fever movie
- Purple – Words that sound like ways to cook something
Here’s the final warning before we get to the NYT Connections answers for today, February 19:
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NYT Connections Answers Explained for Today, February 19 (#984)
If you want to jump straight to the answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzle, I’ve got you covered:
- Yellow – BASKET, DYE, EGGS, PEEPS
- Green – BELLOWS, POKER, SHOVEL, TONGS
- Blue – DISCO, JOHN TRAVOLTA, PLATFORM SHOES, POLYESTER SUIT
- Purple – BOYLE, BRAYS, SEER, STU
When Does NYT Connections Reset?
That’s today’s puzzle, but if you want the next one, the game resets daily at midnight local time (that’s your local time). You’ll have 24 hours to complete the puzzle when midnight ticks over in your timezone.
How did you do? Did you get a perfect run? Let me know what your streak looks like on the Insider Gaming Discord server



