‘Connections’ February 15: Hints and Answers for Puzzle #615
February 15, 2025
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Happy weekend, puzzle enthusiasts! If you are having trouble solving today’s Connections game, you’ve come to the right place. Newsweek has helpful hints for you to continue, or start, your winning streak.
Since its New York Times debut in June 2023, Connections has built a large following. Today, it’s the publication’s second-most popular game, just after Wordle.
If you are not familiar with Connections, keep scrolling to learn the rules of play and read helpful tips. Note: Spoilers are included in the article further down the page, so if you would like to avoid seeing the answers for #615, we advise you scroll carefully.
How to Play ‘Connections’
In Connections, players are faced with the challenge of separating 16 words into four categories based on a common thread in four tries or fewer. Each category is labeled with a color based on the difficulty level. From easiest to most difficult, the categories are yellow, green, blue and purple.
For example, in Friday’s puzzle, the words “hiss,” “rattle,” “shed” and “slither” were associated with the green category: “Things a rattlesnake does.”
The blue category, meanwhile, was, “Words said to an unsuspecting person,” and the terms included, “boo,” “gotcha,” “guess who,” and “surprise.”
Stock image: A woman with long hair smiles while looking at her cellphone on the street. Stock image: A woman with long hair smiles while looking at her cellphone on the street. Raul_Mellado/iStock / Getty Images Plus
Wyna Liu, who creates the daily Connections games and is also a puzzle editor at the NYT, told Newsweek her secret to building the brainteasers is using her notebook and spreadsheet, which acts as a “digital sketchpad.”
“I usually don’t know where a board is going to go. It really does a long time to fudge things and try different angles,” Liu shared with readers.
‘Connections’ #615 Hints and Clues for Saturday, February 15
Below are Newsweek‘s hints to help you with Saturday’s game:
Yellow: To reveal sensitive information
Green: Computer keys, specifically on a Mac
Blue: Rock music genres
Purple: Words before “Cake”
‘Connections’ #615 Answers for Saturday, February 15
Yellow Category: DIVULGE
Yellow Words: Blab, Dish, Spill, Tell
Green Category: WORDS ON A MAC KEYBOARD
Green Words: Command, Control, Option, Return
Blue Category: WORDS SHORTENED IN ROCK GENRES
Blue Words: Alternative, Emotional, Popular, Progressive
Purple Category: ___ CAKE
Purple Words: Cheese, Cup, Pan, Short
You are a Connections pro if you managed to solve today’s puzzle correctly. But try not to be too upset if you didn’t get it this time around. You’ll get another chance on Sunday when a new game will be available for you to try.
Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone, so be sure to check back with Newsweek daily for more clues and answers.
Can’t wait until tomorrow when the next Connections will be ready? These other popular word-based games are sure to challenge you in the meantime.
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