HIGHLIGHTS
- The meaning of Lamb Chop in today’s NYT Connections is a sock puppet sheep created by puppeteer and ventriloquist Shari Lewis.
- Triumph refers to Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, a puppet character best known for mocking celebrities and is placed in the blue group.
- “Glimmer”, “Correspond Well With”, “Famous Puppets”, and “Dog Breeds Minus the ‘Er’ Sound” are the four categories in today’s NYT Connections.
The New York Times offers a wide variety of puzzle games, including Connections, Wordle, and Strands.
Words like Alternative and Pan proved challenging to put into groups in previous days of Connections.
Today, most players, myself included, found it especially difficult to categorize Lamb Chop and Triumph.
NYT Connections Answers For Today (February 16)
In NYT Connections, players sort words into four distinct groups, each presenting its own level of challenge.

The four groups Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple progressively increase in difficulty, from easiest to hardest.
Identifying the first group was easy since it consisted of words denoting something small, subtle, or faint.
It featured words such as Hint, Suggestion, Touch, and Trace, categorized under “Glimmer.“

Similarly, solving the second group is straightforward, as Complement, Fit, Match, and Suit form a connection.
This makes up the second group, titled “Correspond Well With,” which relates to the idea of things aligning or being well-suited to one another.

This completes half of the puzzle, with a total of eight words successfully sorted into two distinct groups.
Lamb Chop And Triumph Meaning In NYT Connections
After some trial and error, I finally cracked the third group by analyzing all the words and searching for connections.
Here, Triumph refers to Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, a puppet character best known for mocking celebrities.

Similarly, Lamb Chop is a sock puppet sheep created by puppeteer and ventriloquist Shari Lewis.
Like Oscar and Punch, two other famous puppet characters, these four words share the same theme.
Meaning, Lamb Chop, Oscar, Punch, and Triumph make up the group called “Famous Puppets” in today’s NYT Connections.

With only four words remaining, we can easily place them in a single group to form a connection and complete the game.
We place Box, Point, Retrieve, and Set in a single group, forming the group “Dog Breeds Minus the ‘Er’ Sound.”
Here is today’s final list of words and themes for NYT Connections, organized by their difficulty levels.