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NYT Connections March 17 2025 Answers

Puzzle #645

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

PICKUP GARBAGE ABANDON FIBER MAROON FREEDOM MC STRAND THREAD MONSTER SPONTANEITY JACKSON BEN FOLDS STRING UNRESTRAINT DUMP

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — FILAMENT
Green — UNINHIBITEDNESS
Blue — KINDS OF TRUCKS
Purple — BANDS MINUS THE NUMBER FIVE
FILAMENTFIBER, STRAND, STRING, THREAD
UNINHIBITEDNESSABANDON, FREEDOM, SPONTANEITY, UNRESTRAINT
KINDS OF TRUCKSDUMP, GARBAGE, MONSTER, PICKUP
BANDS MINUS THE NUMBER FIVEBEN FOLDS, JACKSON, MAROON, MC
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution

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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.