These hints and answers are for the March 9, 2025 edition of NYT Connections, puzzle #637. Want a nudge before seeing the solutions? Start with the four theme clues below; the complete groups follow.
Hints for Connections #637
Try matching each set of four words to one of these themes:
- PC peripherals
- Construction
- It’s nice to be nice
- Billboard hits
Answers for March 9, 2025
Connections asks players to find four groups of four words that share a connection. The New York Times Help Center describes the task this way: “Players are given 16 words and must find groups of four items that share something in common.”
Yellow — Computer input devices
- Microphone
- Mouse
- Scanner
- Tablet
Green — Building materials
- Brick
- Concrete
- Metal
- Stone
Blue — Helpful deed
- Favor
- Kindness
- Service
- Solid
Purple — #1 songs from 1982
- Abracadabra
- Centerfold
- Mickey
- Physical
How the colors work
The New York Times Help Center ranks the color groups from yellow, the easiest, to purple, the trickiest. In this puzzle, the yellow category links everyday computer input devices, while the purple category depends on recognizing songs that reached No. 1 in 1982.
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Can you play an old Connections puzzle?
The New York Times says its Connections archive reaches back to June 12, 2023, and is available to All Access and Games subscribers. Completed archived puzzles cannot be replayed, so the archive is for accessing past puzzles rather than replaying ones you have already finished.
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