Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for March 25 #1018

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle features one of those zingers from a purple category, where you have to change something in a word to recognize how it connects to other words. 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: Difficult to see.

Green group index: Like Reader’s Digest.

Blue group index: How do you want to pay?

Purple group index: Measurements, but with a touch of originality.

Answers for Today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Obscure.

Green Group: Magazines.

Blue group: Payment methods.

Purple group: Volume units with last letter modified.

Learn more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections answers?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is obscure. The four answers are blurry, cloudy, muddy and dark.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is magazines. The four answers are Fortune, People, Spin and Time.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is payment methods. The four answers are cash, fees, checks and wire transfers.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is volume units with the last letter changed. The four answers are cur (cup), gallop (gallon), ping (pint), and quark (pint).

The most difficult connections puzzles

We’ve noted some of the most difficult Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.

#5: Include “elements you can set”, such as atmosphere, record, table and volleyball.

#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as the egg, the juror, the month, and the rose.

#3: Included “Screen Streets”, such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.

#2: Includes “___ power” such as Nap, Plant, Ranger, and Travel.

#1: Include “things that can leak,” like the candidate, faucet, mascara, and nose.