Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Feb. 21 #986
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle features another one of those purple categories where you have to search for words hidden inside other words. This can be really disturbing. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Learn more: Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Help You Win Every Time on NYT Connections
Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Rookies don’t have that.
Green group index: Call the role.
Blue group index: How are you today?
Purple group index: Vroom-vroom, but with a touch of originality.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Experience.
Green Group: Presence status.
Blue group: Comment on your Connections results.
Purple group: Car brands plus two letters.
Learn more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections answers?
The NYT Connections puzzle completed by February 21, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is experience. The four answers are context, history, life and the past.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is dating status. The four responses are absent, excused, late and present.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is a commentary on your Connections results. All four answers are great, perfect, wow and solid.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is car brands plus two letters. The four answers are audits (Audi), Dodgers (Dodge), Infinitive (Infiniti) and Minion (Mini).
