The NYT Connections puzzle for Wednesday, February 12, 2025, was No. 612. Its groups were documents of ownership, parts of a variety show, items associated with Simpsons characters, and words beginning with the phrases in “Shake, Rattle and Roll.” Hints and the full answer list are below.
Hints for Connections #612
Use these in order if you want to solve the groups without seeing every answer at once:
- Think of paperwork that establishes or records ownership.
- Consider the different kinds of acts or segments in a variety show.
- Think of familiar objects associated with characters from The Simpsons.
- For the remaining words, look at the beginning of each one: they start with words from “Shake, Rattle and Roll.”
Connections #612 answers for February 12, 2025
The answer groups and words below are reported by puzzle archives; the original NYT board was not independently retrieved for this answer.
| Category | Words |
|---|---|
| Documents of ownership | CERTIFICATE, DEED, RECEIPT, TITLE |
| Bits in a variety show | DANCE, MONOLOGUE, SKETCH, SONG |
| Props for characters on “The Simpsons” | DONUT, PACIFIER, SAXOPHONE, SKATEBOARD |
| Starting with “Shake, Rattle and Roll” | ANDROID, RATTLESNAKE, ROLLERBLADE, SHAKESPEARE |
Why the final group fits
The last category is a word-start pattern. ANDROID begins with “And,” RATTLESNAKE with “Rattle,” ROLLERBLADE with “Roll,” and SHAKESPEARE with “Shake”—the words in the song title “Shake, Rattle and Roll.”
How Connections works
The New York Times Help Center describes Connections as a game that challenges players to find themes among words. Solvers group 16 words into four sets of four; the categories can be tricky because a word may seem to fit more than one theme. The Help Center says the words and categories are curated by editors using the Oxford Dictionary. Read the NYT Connections help page.
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