Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Feb. 21, #621

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Today’s Connections puzzle could be tricky. There are a lot of words and phrases that seem kind of random — yes, that’s every Connections puzzle, but especially so today. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. And players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Deal with a situation.

Green group hint: Scooping up apples, maybe.

Blue group hint: Editing a photo.

Purple group hint: Southpaws need accessories, too.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Way of solving a problem.

Green group: Collect, as from an orchard.

Blue group: Photoshop tools.

Purple group: Objects that might be right or left-handed.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is way of solving a problem.  The four answers are answer, fix, remedy and solution.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is collect, as from an orchard.  The four answers are gather, harvest, pick and reap.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is Photoshop tools.  The four answers are eraser, eyedropper, lasso and magic wand.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is objects that might be right or left-handed.  The four answers are baseball glove, can opener, golf club and guitar.