NYT Connections March 14 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1007
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
NIGHTMARE GADGET BINARY HAZE HOOTENANNY LICHEN MORSE DUOLINGO SPELL CLOUSEAU MOSCOW TRANCE DIOXIDE JAVERT DREAM TWILIGHT
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — HYPNOTIC STATE
Green — STARTING WITH PREFIXES MEANING "TWO"
Blue — FICTIONAL INSPECTORS
Purple — ENDING IN FEMALE ANIMALS
HYPNOTIC STATEDREAM, HAZE, SPELL, TRANCE
STARTING WITH PREFIXES MEANING "TWO"BINARY, DIOXIDE, DUOLINGO, TWILIGHT
FICTIONAL INSPECTORSCLOUSEAU, GADGET, JAVERT, MORSE
ENDING IN FEMALE ANIMALSHOOTENANNY, LICHEN, MOSCOW, NIGHTMARE
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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.