Issue #654 Wed 26 Mar
NYT Connections Hints & Answer — March 26, 2025
Today's grid presents a standard quartet of categories, balancing direct associations against a few instances of wordplay that require a second look at the letters themselves. Expect a steady, methodical pace.
yellow group 7 hints
Yellow group hints
The folded linen, the clinking of silver against ceramic, and the quiet shift of a chair before the first course arrives.
Domestic environments
Synonyms for items within a specific set
Members are 4–6 letters; first letters F, G, N, P.
PARTS OF A TABLE SETTING
One is FORK.
FORK · GLASS · NAPKIN · PLATE
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Green group hints
Watching the mercury move in the thermometer or the sudden jump in a line graph as the data points climb.
Vertical movement
Verbs sharing a common phrasal suffix
Members are 4–6 letters; first letters F, R, S, T.
INCREASED, WITH “UP”
One is FLEW.
FLEW · ROSE · SHOT · THRUST
blue group 7 hints
Blue group hints
The small square you slide into a camera or the icon on your screen where the documents live.
Computing hardware and infrastructure
Synonyms for data retention methods
Members are 4–5 letters; first letters C, D.
KINDS OF DIGITAL STORAGE
One is CARD.
CARD · CLOUD · DISK · DRIVE
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Violet group hints
A missed measurement in the kitchen or a single character added to an existing noun to change its scale.
Linguistic manipulation
Wordplay involving addition of a letter
Members are 5–7 letters; first letters B, G, P, Q.
UNITS OF VOLUME PLUS LETTER
One is BOUNCE.
BOUNCE · GALLEON · PINOT · QUARTZ
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PARTS OF A TABLE SETTINGFORK · GLASS · NAPKIN · PLATE
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INCREASED, WITH “UP”FLEW · ROSE · SHOT · THRUST
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KINDS OF DIGITAL STORAGECARD · CLOUD · DISK · DRIVE
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UNITS OF VOLUME PLUS LETTERBOUNCE · GALLEON · PINOT · QUARTZ
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Spoiler-free help for Connections on March 26, 2025. Every answer below helps you along without giving the game away — ready to see the full solution? See the complete Connections answer for March 26, 2025, or browse every Connections puzzle in the archive.
How hard is NYT Connections on March 26, 2025?
NYT Connections on March 26, 2025 rates 3 out of 4 on our difficulty scale — a tougher-than-average puzzle. As always you sort sixteen words into four colour-coded groups, and our hints tease what links each group without ever naming the words.
What's a spoiler-free hint for NYT Connections on March 26, 2025?
The hint ladder above starts with a one-line vibe for each of the four groups, then adds the connecting idea, then the wording of each category. You climb only as far as you need, and no grouped words are shown until the final reveal.
How many groups are in NYT Connections #654?
Four groups of four, ordered from the gentlest to the trickiest. For the categories and the sixteen words themselves, open the answer section on this page — the hints here keep them hidden.
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