NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 7, 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 #635 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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Do you watch Severance on Apple TV Plus, the unnerving show about people who agree to a procedure that means they don’t know who they are outside of work when they’re at their jobs, and vice-versa? You’ll see a bunch of clues reminiscent of the show in today’s Connections puzzle. You don’t have to know the show to solve the puzzle because the categories stand on their own, but the clues serve as little Easter eggs for Severance viewers. (Lumon, the name of the mysterious company, is even one of the clues–and wait till you see how they shoehorned it into a category.) Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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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. 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
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: Something that may be used as a heraldic device.
Green group hint: Have you seen A Complete Unknown yet?
Blue group hint: Seattle and Minneapolis, also.
Purple group hint: Not vegetables, but…
Yellow group: Emblem.
Green group: Subjects of acclaimed musical biopics.
Blue group: US cities.
Purple group: Fruits with their second letters changed.
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The completed NYT Connections puzzle for March 7, 2025, #635.
The theme is emblem. The four answers are label, mark, seal and stamp.
The theme is subjects of acclaimed musical biopics. The four answers are Brown, Cash, Dylan and Mercury.
The theme is US cities. The four answers are Buffalo, Helena, Irving and Phoenix.
The theme is fruits with their second letters changed. The four answers are ample, dote, lumon and poach. (For apple, date, lemon and peach.)
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Connections: Sports Edition Coach: Hints, facts about puzzle No. 162
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Need help with today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle? You’ve come to the right place.
Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.
A quick public service announcement before we continue: The bottom of this article includes one answer in each of the four categories. So if you want to solve the board hint-free, we recommend you play before continuing.
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You can access Tuesday’s game here.
Game No. 162’s difficulty: 3 out of 5
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Yellow: DUKE
Green: BLUES
Blue: K.C.
Purple: TIGERS
The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for playing — and share your scores in the comments!
(Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic)
Mark Cooper is the managing editor on the news and live team based in Boston. Before joining The Athletic, he worked as a features writer for theScore and as a staff writer for the Tulsa World. He graduated from Syracuse University and grew up outside Albany, N.Y. Follow Mark on Twitter @mark_cooperjr
