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Need a nudge before you see the solution? The March 13, 2026, NYT Connections puzzle is game #1006. Its categories are a polite refusal, number types, kinds of walls, and words that sound like non-numeric amounts. Spoiler-aware hints come first; the complete grid and answers follow.
Hints for Connections #1006
Try these prompts before opening the answer key:
- Yellow: Turn it down.
- Green: Numerical varieties.
- Blue: Types of a vertical structure.
- Purple: Sounds like a quantity.
For another nudge, one group means “I don’t want that.” The two wall-related connections are not floors or ceilings.
The 16 words in the grid
PERFECT, BRICK, PASS, NUN, GREAT, AWL, PRIME, SUM, PHEW, NAH, FOURTH, EVEN, NEXT TIME, BERLIN, IRRATIONAL, LATER.
Connections #1006 answers
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | NO THANKS | LATER, NAH, NEXT TIME, PASS |
| Green | KINDS OF NUMBERS | EVEN, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, PRIME |
| Blue | KINDS OF WALLS | BERLIN, BRICK, FOURTH, GREAT |
| Purple | HOMOPHONES OF NON-NUMERIC AMOUNTS | AWL, NUN, PHEW, SUM |
Why the words fit
Yellow: NO THANKS
LATER, NAH, NEXT TIME, and PASS are all conversational ways to decline or put something off.
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Green: KINDS OF NUMBERS
EVEN, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, and PRIME describe mathematical types. An even number is divisible by two; an irrational number cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers. A perfect number equals the sum of its positive divisors other than itself, while a prime number has exactly two positive divisors: 1 and itself.
Blue: KINDS OF WALLS
BERLIN points to the Berlin Wall, BRICK to a wall’s material, FOURTH to the theatrical fourth wall, and GREAT to the Great Wall of China.
Purple: HOMOPHONES OF NON-NUMERIC AMOUNTS
Say the words aloud: AWL sounds like “all,” NUN like “none,” PHEW like “few,” and SUM like “some.” The spoken matches are quantities, but not numbers in the mathematical category.
The likely trap: SUM
SUM is also a mathematical term, so it may look as though it belongs with EVEN, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, and PRIME. In this puzzle, its sound—not its mathematical meaning—is the clue: SUM pairs with “some” in the purple group.
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