Today's Connections Hints & Answers For February 04, 2025 (Puzzle #604)

Today’s Connections puzzle is a little tricky, and it felt difficult to finish around the halfway mark. There’s an interesting trick to one of the categories, and some words that I personally would have never put together. That can always make it difficult because it often means you are unaware of a context in which those words can be used together. With some luck and a few tips from us, you can put together the puzzle without too many snags and get your win for the day.

In The Password Game, there are a lot of mini-puzzles that you will have to solve in order to get the final answer. The rules for each mini-puzzle are the same every day, but the exact variation that the rule wants you to follow changes. For instance, one rule is to incorporate the answer of the Wordle puzzle, and while that rule doesn’t change, the answer to that puzzle is different every single day. Solve all of the mini puzzles and put them together in order to get an uncrackable password.

Today’s Connections Category Hints

FEBRUARY 04 #604

Today’s puzzle felt doable but difficult to me, mainly because of words I didn’t know and a category that was a little harder. Figuring it out was hard, but I managed to get the right guess at the last second, pulling out the win before I lost. To help you avoid making the same mistakes, I have put together some context clues for all of you. Use these four clues to help narrow down your search:

One category is about different words that all refer to how to make something last longer
One category is about four ways to change the surface of something
One category is about four terms used in a specific context related to physical activity
One category is about four words that all come before the same word in a phrase – that word is something on most humans’ bodies

A character jumping on a Connections board.

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If you need to get the categories finished and you still need something else to help guide you, the names of the categories are in the box below.

	CONSERVE
	SMOOTH USING FRICTION
	SPORTS GAMBLING TERMS
	WORDS BEFORE “FINGERS”

Today’s Connections Answers

FEBRUARY 04 #604

Sticky in Connections Answers February 4

Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

CONSERVE
KEEP	PRESERVE	SAVE	STORE

CONSERVE

KEEP

PRESERVE

SAVE

STORE

This category was the most straightforward and the one I finished first. You would think that would always be the case, but it is not necessarily true. The last couple of puzzles, the yellow category has been harder than normal. However, PRESERVE and SAVE seemed quite similar, and I was able to see the remaining words. This one may not have given me much trouble, but my problems started shortly after this as I tried to figure out what the rest of the categories were.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

SMOOTH USING FRICTION
BUFF	FILE	GRIND	SAND

SMOOTH USING FRICTION

BUFF

FILE

GRIND

SAND

This one didn’t trouble me too much, as I saw SAND and FILE, but it took me awhile to see them. I sort of clicked on random words for the puzzle until I saw the connection. It was fine, and I don’t think I wasted any guesses here. GRIND is a bit different than the rest of the words, and I could see that causing issues for some players. However, the rest of the puzzle was difficult from this point on.

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Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

SPORTS GAMBLING TERMS
FAVORITE	PARLAY	SPREAD	UNDER

SPORTS GAMBLING TERMS

FAVORITE

PARLAY

SPREAD

UNDER

I don’t think I would have ever put these words together under any normal circumstances. Gambling on sports is not something anyone in my family does, nor do I know anyone who does it on a regular basis. It isn’t legal where I live, which doesn’t mean that much, but it makes it much harder to be familiar with the terms. SPREAD is also a little tricky with STICKY and BUTTER as a thing that you could put on something else to eat.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

WORDS BEFORE “FINGERS”
BUTTER	CHICKEN	LADY	STICKY

WORDS BEFORE “FINGERS”

BUTTER

CHICKEN

LADY

STICKY

This one I was on the trail toward and it is the only reason I managed to finish the puzzle when I did. I had BUTTER, CHICKEN, and STICKY together for several guesses, but I also had SPREAD with it. I tried to figure out what the last word was, and it took a while. My final guess luckily ended up being right, and I was able to finish the puzzle while sweating a little bit about it. I’m not sure why I switched SPREAD out for LADY, but it was mostly desperation and a hunch.

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