NYT Connections March 15 2024 Answers
Puzzle #278
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
DIRTY SORRY TRASH DATE KNOCK OUT OOPS EXCUSE DOH BLAST APOLOGIES DEAD DEFENSE PARDON SLAM REASON
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — CRITICIZE
Green — “MY MISTAKE!”
Blue — ALIBI
Purple — PLAY ___
CRITICIZEBLAST, KNOCK, SLAM, TRASH
“MY MISTAKE!”APOLOGIES, OOPS, PARDON, SORRY
ALIBIDEFENSE, EXCUSE, OUT, REASON
PLAY ___DATE, DEAD, DIRTY, DOH
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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.