HIGHLIGHTS
- The meaning of Turkey isn’t a large domesticated bird or country’s name in today’s NYT Connections. Instead, Turkey relates to a bowling term used when a bowler gets three strikes in a row.
- Weave is to twist or turn from side to side while moving in today’s NYT Connections and came under the ‘Follow A Meandering Course’ category.
- ‘Time Off,’ ‘___Fish,’ and ‘Bowling Results’ are the remaining categories for today’s puzzle.
NYT Connections features a 4×4 grid of words that needs to be categorized into color-coded groups. Each group has a different level of difficulty.
Moreover, the words in the group have a shared relationship, and in yesterday’s edition, words like Lamb Chop and Triumph were a challenge for many.
Similarly, in today’s edition, words like Turkey and Weave have stood as obstacles as many hesitate before putting them into their final categories.
Answers For February 17 NYT Connections
After looking at today’s NYT Connections, with a difficulty level of 2.8 out of 5, I noticed some familiar words on the grid.
To begin my solution, I picked Break, Leave, Rest, and Vacation as the words associated with rest and relaxation.
Moreover, the words belonged to the yellow category titled “Time Off” for today’s NYT Connections.
Moving ahead, Cat, Snake, and Turkey are related to different kinds of animals. However, I wasn’t entirely sure about their underlying connection.
So, to test things out, I put Cat, Snake, Turkey, and Blow together. But I was wrong and lost a life in today’s NYT Connections.
Weave Meaning In NYT Connections
I quickly shuffled the puzzle and picked Blow, Cat, Gold, and Sword as my next guess. Fortunately, the words belonged to the purple category “___Fish.”
As I had completed one of the difficult categories in today’s puzzle, I moved ahead with the remaining words on the grid.
Next up, Curve, Snake, Weave, and Wind were my picks for the following category. The words belonged to today’s green category titled “Follow A Meandering Course.”
In today’s NYT Connections, the meaning of Weave wasn’t to form a fabric by interlacing long threads. Instead, Weave is related to twisting or turning from side to side while moving.
With that, three categories of today’s NYT Connections were completed, and I had four words on the grid for the final answer.
Turkey Meaning With Final NYT Connections Category
For the final category, I placed the remaining words Double, Spare, Strike, and Turkey to form the blue category, which unfolded with the title “Bowling Results.”
In today’s NYT Connections, Turkey wasn’t a large bird, as I had initially guessed nor a Country.
Instead, Turkey referred to a bowling term used when the bowler gets three strikes in a row. Another term for Turkey in the game is a Triple.
Additionally, Double is when a bowler throws two strikes in a row, and Strike is when all ten pins are knocked down with the first ball.
Similarly, Spare in bowling is when the bowler knocks down all remaining pins with their second ball in the frame.
So, here are the final categories for today’s NYT Connections:
- Time Off (Yellow): Break, Leave, Rest, Vacation
- ___Fish (Purple): Blow, Cat, Gold, Sword
- Follow A Meandering Course (Green): Curve, Snake, Weave, Wind
- Bowling Results (Blue): Double, Spare, Strike, Turkey
