Connections Hints: Feb 15, 2025

This page shows spoiler-layered hints for the NYT Connections puzzle published on Feb 15, 2025 (2025-02-15). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full group breakdown when you're ready.

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Puzzle #646 · 2025-02-15

Step through today’s Connections hints

Start with broad themes, then reveal more detail about the groups and tiles only when you need it. The final button shows today's full group breakdown.

Puzzle reference: Connections #646 for 2025-02-15, edition main, with a standard four-group board. Spoiler categories and tiles stay collapsed until you open the hint layers below.

Hint 1 – overall theme

There are 4 groups in today’s puzzle.

Themes include: DIVULGE, WORDS ON A MAC KEYBOARD, WORDS SHORTENED IN ROCK GENRES and 1 more.

Hint 2 – group titles

Here are the category names for each group. Try matching the tiles in the official game to these themes before you reveal any tiles.

  • DIVULGE
  • WORDS ON A MAC KEYBOARD
  • WORDS SHORTENED IN ROCK GENRES
  • ___CAKE

Hint 3 – group tiles

Reveal the tiles for each group. If you only want a partial nudge, stop after reading one or two groups and go back to the official puzzle.

DIVULGE

BLAB
DISH
SPILL
TELL

WORDS ON A MAC KEYBOARD

COMMAND
CONTROL
OPTION
RETURN

WORDS SHORTENED IN ROCK GENRES

ALTERNATIVE
EMOTIONAL
POPULAR
PROGRESSIVE

___CAKE

CHEESE
CUP
PAN
SHORT

Reveal full answer

This is the full breakdown of today's Connections puzzle: group titles and all tiles, grouped together.

DIVULGE

BLAB
DISH
SPILL
TELL

WORDS ON A MAC KEYBOARD

COMMAND
CONTROL
OPTION
RETURN

WORDS SHORTENED IN ROCK GENRES

ALTERNATIVE
EMOTIONAL
POPULAR
PROGRESSIVE

___CAKE

CHEESE
CUP
PAN
SHORT

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