This is the archived NYT Connections puzzle for Monday, March 31, 2025, game #659—not a puzzle for today’s date. Use the spoiler-light clues first, then open the category names and complete answer key only if you want the full reveal.
Hints for Connections #659
Try each clue before moving to the next. The answers are below.
- Food-related action: Think of past-tense ways to say that someone consumed something.
- Adding information: These words and phrases can add something to a statement, often at the end of a sentence.
- A particular device: Find four choices associated with an ATM.
- Complete a familiar word or phrase: Each answer can go before PLAY.
Category names
Spoilers: The category labels reveal the four themes.
- CONSUMED
- ALSO
- ATM OPTIONS
- ___PLAY
Complete answer key
Full spoilers below. Three date-specific puzzle guides—Parade, TechRadar, and Try Hard Guides—list the same four groups for this March 31 puzzle.
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- CONSUMED: ATE, HAD, PUT AWAY, TOOK IN
- ALSO: AS WELL, BESIDES, TO BOOT, TOO
- ATM OPTIONS: BALANCE, DEPOSIT, TRANSFER, WITHDRAWAL
- ___PLAY: FORE, HORSE, SCREEN, WORD
All 16 words
FORE · WORD · DEPOSIT · TOO · PUT AWAY · SCREEN · ATE · BALANCE · BESIDES · HORSE · TRANSFER · TO BOOT · HAD · AS WELL · TOOK IN · WITHDRAWAL
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