NYT Connections March 3 2026 Answers
Puzzle #996
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
APPLE HANGER FLEETWOOD MAC FLANK BROTHER BRISKET HOOK TOUCH SHELF FASTIDIOUS NEIGHBOR ROD ABUT DIPPER QUICKSAND
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — "BIG" THINGS
Green — BE ADJACENT TO
Blue — SEEN IN A CLOSET
Purple — STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SPEEDY"
"BIG" THINGSAPPLE, BROTHER, DIPPER, MAC
BE ADJACENT TOABUT, FLANK, NEIGHBOR, TOUCH
SEEN IN A CLOSETHANGER, HOOK, ROD, SHELF
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SPEEDY"BRISKET, FASTIDIOUS, FLEETWOOD, QUICKSAND
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution
How Connections works
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.