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NYT Connections March 1 2025 Answers

Puzzle #629

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH LADYBUG MIDNIGHT SHAMROCK RHINESTONE SUNSET TOOLBOX TOMBOY HORSESHOE FIDDLER DRUGSTORE MERRILY TOWBOAT SPACE PENNY

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD LUCK
Green — TO-BO- COMPOUND WORDS
Blue — BROADWAY MUSICALS, FAMILIARLY
Purple — WORDS BEFORE “COWBOY” IN FILM AND MUSIC
ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD LUCKHORSESHOE, LADYBUG, PENNY, SHAMROCK
TO-BO- COMPOUND WORDSTOLLBOOTH, TOMBOY, TOOLBOX, TOWBOAT
BROADWAY MUSICALS, FAMILIARLYFIDDLER, MERRILY, PHANTOM, SUNSET
WORDS BEFORE “COWBOY” IN FILM AND MUSICDRUGSTORE, MIDNIGHT, RHINESTONE, SPACE
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.