NYT Connections March 17 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1010
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
KITE WIND HOT WATER KEY TEA BAG LIGHTNING BALLOON JAM PITCH ARROW BIND SCALE YO-YO TONE ROCKET PICKLE
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — METAPHORS FOR TROUBLE
Green — MUSIC THEORY CONCEPTS
Blue — THINGS WITH STRINGS
Purple — METAPHORS FOR QUICKNESS
METAPHORS FOR TROUBLEBIND, HOT WATER, JAM, PICKLE
MUSIC THEORY CONCEPTSKEY, PITCH, SCALE, TONE
THINGS WITH STRINGSBALLOON, KITE, TEA BAG, YO-YO
METAPHORS FOR QUICKNESSARROW, LIGHTNING, ROCKET, WIND
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.