NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 6, 2025
Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
If you just want to be told today’s puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today’s Connections solution. But if you’d rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.
The NYT’s latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications’ Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.
Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there’s only one correct answer.
If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.
Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.
Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:
Need a little extra help? Today’s connections fall into the following categories:
Looking for Wordle today? Here’s the answer to today’s Wordle.
Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today’s puzzle before we reveal the solutions.
Drumroll, please!
The solution to today’s Connections #634 is…
Don’t feel down if you didn’t manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we’ll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.
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Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Thursday, March 6, 2025
If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Thursday, March 6, 2025, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Along the way, I’ll explain the meanings of the trickier words and we’ll learn how everything fits together. Beware, there are spoilers below for March 6, NYT Connections #634! Read on if you want some hints (and then the answer) to today’s Connections game.
If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day, bookmark this page. You can also find our past hints there as well, in case you want to know what you missed in a previous puzzle.
Below, I’ll give you some oblique hints at today’s Connections answers. And farther down the page, I’ll reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!
Here are some spoiler-free hints for the groupings in today’s Connections:
Yellow category – Getting smaller.
Green category – Now that spring is coming, you might do these outdoor things more frequently.
Blue category – They go on your feet.
Purple category – A fill-in-the-blank, with the stuff that’s at the beach.
We’re about to give away some of the answers. Scroll slowly if you don’t want the whole thing spoiled. (The full solution is a bit further down.)
MARY JANE and WEED do not refer to cannabis. WEED is a verb.
PETER is not a name—it’s part of the phrase “PETER out.”
A FLAT is something you might wear for a more comfortable commute before changing into heels.
FADE and TAPER go together, but not because they’re both haircuts.
PIPER goes with another word to create a kind of bird.
Yellow: WANE
Green: DO SOME TASKS IN THE GARDEN
Blue: SHOES
Purple: SAND ___
Ready to learn the answers to today’s Connections puzzle? I give them all away below.
The yellow grouping is considered to be the most straightforward. The theme for today’s yellow group is WANE and the words are: DWINDLE, FADE, PETER, TAPER.
The green grouping is supposed to be the second-easiest. The theme for today’s green category is DO SOME TASKS IN THE GARDEN and the words are: PLANT, PRUNE, WATER, WEED.
The blue grouping is the second-hardest. The theme for today’s blue category is SHOES and the words are: FLAT, MARY JANE, MULE, SLIDE.
The purple grouping is considered to be the hardest. The theme for today’s purple category is SAND ___ and the words are: CASTLE, PAPER, PIPER, STONE.
MARY JANE, SLIDE, FLAT, and MULE are all types of shoes. 🟦
TAPER, FADE, and DWINDLE could all be synonyms for something going away. TAPER and FADE are also two types of haircuts.
Maybe WATER, PLANT, WEED, and PRUNE go together as verbs for maintaining a garden. 🟩
Oh, PETER, as in “PETER out” is the one that goes with TAPER, FADE, and DWINDLE. 🟨
That leaves PAPER, STONE, PIPER, and CASTLE. PAPER plane, magic CASTLE, STONE age, Pied PIPER. The phrase “pay the PIPER” refers to facing the consequences of one’s actions. Hmm. I’m not sure about this one! Let’s see. 🟪 Oh, “SAND ___.” A sandPIPER is a type of bird. Got it!
I have a full guide to playing Connections, but here’s a refresher on the rules:
First, find the Connections game either on the New York Times website or in their Games app (formerly the Crossword app). You’ll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase. Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common. Often they are all the same type of thing (for example: RAIN, SLEET, HAIL, and SNOW are all types of wet weather) but sometimes there is wordplay involved (for example, BUCKET, GUEST, TOP TEN, and WISH are all types of lists: bucket list, guest list, and so on).
Select four items and hit the Submit button. If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed. (Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.) If your guess was incorrect, you’ll get a chance to try again.
You win when you’ve correctly identified all four groups. But if you make four mistakes before you finish, the game ends and the answers are revealed.
The most important thing to know to win Connections is that the groupings are designed to be tricky. Expect to see overlapping groups. For example, one puzzle seemed to include six breakfast foods: BACON, EGG, PANCAKE, OMELET, WAFFLE, and CEREAL. But BACON turned out to be part of a group of painters along with CLOSE, MUNCH, and WHISTLER, and EGG was in a group of things that come by the dozen (along with JUROR, ROSE, and MONTH). So don’t hit “submit” until you’ve confirmed that your group of four contains only those four things.
If you’re stuck, another strategy is to look at the words that seem to have no connection to the others. If all that comes to mind when you see WHISTLER is the painting nicknamed “Whistler’s Mother,” you might be on to something. When I solved that one, I ended up googling whether there was a painter named Close, because Close didn’t fit any of the obvious themes, either.
Another way to win when you’re stuck is, obviously, to read a few helpful hints–which is why we share these pointers every day. Check back tomorrow for the next puzzle!
Tim Mulkerin is a freelance writer, editor, and social media manager who has been working in digital media and the tech world since 2016.
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