Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for March 14 #1007
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has a real zinger from a purple category. You’ll have to dissect four words and find another word hidden in each of them, and these four all have a connection. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: In an area.
Green group index: Not one, not three.
Blue group index: They’re on the case!
Purple group index: Words hidden inside other words.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Hypnotic state.
Green group: Starting with prefixes meaning “two”.
Blue group: Fictional inspectors.
Purple group: Ending with female animals.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
NYT Connections puzzle completed by March 14, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is the hypnotic state. The four answers are dream, mist, spell and trance.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme begins with prefixes meaning “two”. The four answers are binary, dioxide, Duolingo and twilight.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is that of fictional inspectors. The four answers are Clouseau, Gadget, Javert and Morse.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme ends with female animals. The four answers are hootenanny (nanny), lichen (hen), Moscow (cow), and nightmare (mare).
