Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for March 24 #1017

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is pretty tough. If you want to solve it, it helps to know what “heteronym” means. 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: Think Gru and the Minions.
Green group index: Beloved.
Blue group index: Vroom-vroom.
Purple group index: You can say them in several ways.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Despicable.
Green Group: Characteristics of a marriage.
Blue group: Types of trucks.
Purple group: Heteronyms.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
NYT Connections puzzle completed by March 24, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is contemptible. The four answers are low, base, petty and vile.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is the characteristics of a marriage. The four answers are cake, kiss, ring and wish.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is types of trucks. The four responses are dump, fire, feed and tow.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is heteronyms. The four answers are the bow, the rower, the sow and the wind. (Heteronyms are words that can be pronounced in more than one way, with different meanings for each pronunciation.)




