Need help with today’s NYT Connections? Here are the hints and answers for Connections 1011 on March 18, 2026.

🎯 Today’s Connections Answers (March 17, 2026) 🔗

YELLOW: FINDINGS
DATA, DETAILS, INFORMATION, INTELLIGENCE
GREEN: DINNER OPTIONS
COOK, DELIVERY, GO OUT, LEFTOVERS
BLUE: U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS
COMMERCE, EDUCATION, ENERGY, LABOR
PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF PLACES TO PARK A SHIP
BIRTH, DOC, PEER, WORF

Past Answers 🔗

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Yellow (interval):PATCH, PERIOD, SPELL, STRETCH
Green: (react to a stubbed toe)CURSE, HOP, WINCE, YELL
Blue (guitar effects pedals):DELAY, REVERB, WAH, WHAMMY
Purple (Check) :BLANK, COAT, RAIN, REALITY
Yellow (metaphors for trouble):BIND, HOT WATER, JAM, PICKLE
Green: (music theory concepts)KEY, PITCH, SCALE, TONE
Blue (things with strings):BALLOON, KITE, TEA BAG, YO-YO
Purple (metaphors for quickness) :ARROW, LIGHTNING, ROCKET, WIND
Yellow (animal group names):GAGGLE, PACK, POD, PRIDE
Green: (things associated with being slow)GLACIER, MOLASSES, SLOTH, TRAFFIC
Blue (silent "W"):CARTWRIGHT, TWO, WRATH, WRESTLE
Purple (words that sound like state abbreviations) :ANY, EMMY, ENVY, OKAY
Yellow (Greedily Control):bogart, corner, hog, monopolize
Green: (Portmanteaux)blog, motel, smog, spork
Blue (Toothed Wheels):cog, gear, pinion, sprocket
Purple (Bull) :dog, doze, frog, horn
Yellow (Hypnotic State):DREAM, HAZE, SPELL, TRANCE
Green: (Starting with Prefixes Meaning “Two”)BINARY, DIOXIDE, DUOLINGO, TWILIGHT
Blue (Fictional Inspectors):CLOUSEAU, GADGET, JAVERT, MORSE
Purple (Ending in Female Animals) :HOOTENANNY, LICHEN, MOSCOW, NIGHTMARE
Yellow ("no thanks"):LATER, NAH, NEXT TIME, PASS
Green: (kinds of numbers)EVEN, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, PRIME
Blue (kinds of walls):BERLIN, BRICK, FOURTH, GREAT
Purple (homophones of non-numeric amounts) :AWL, NUN, PHEW, SUM

What exactly is NYT Connections? 🔗

NYT Connections is not your typical word game. It’s a brain teaser where you’re presented with a 4 × 4 grid containing 16 words. Your task? Find four groups of four words that share a common connection. These groups are colour-coded by difficulty:

  • Green = Easy
  • Yellow = Moderate
  • Blue = Challenging
  • Purple = Toughest

Tips to Conquer NYT Connections 🔗

Though I’m still mastering the game, here are a few strategies that have helped me:

  • Pay Attention to Feedback: If you get a group wrong, watch the message “One away” usually means you’re close!
  • Shuffle to Refresh Your View: Rearranging the words can spark new insights.
  • Start with the Easy Groups: The green and yellow sets are typically more obvious and can help you narrow down the rest.

Hints for Today, March 17, 2026 🔗

Today’s Connections groups are

  • Yellow group — a certain length of time
  • Green group — wearing slippers or shoes can minimize the risk
  • Blue group — like fuzz, chorus and looper
  • Purple group — sound, personal and price would all fit in here

Spoiler Territory ahead! All Answers for Today: 🔗

Today’s NYT Connections answers are…

  • Yellow group — interval (PATCH, PERIOD, SPELL, STRETCH)
  • Green group — react to a stubbed toe (CURSE, HOP, WINCE, YELL)
  • Blue group — guitar effects pedals (DELAY, REVERB, WAH, WHAMMY)
  • Purple group — check (BLANK, COAT, RAIN, REALITY)

My Take 🔗

Today’s puzzle was a classic one, playing with different meanings and categories. The yellow group with equipment was easy to pick out, while the green group tied to dress in was straightforward once you connected the dots. The blue set, focused on street suffixes, was a little trickier, and the purple group of nicknames added a fun layer of wordplay. Overall, it was a fun puzzle with a mix of challenging and easy connections.

If you enjoyed today’s puzzle, make sure to check in tomorrow for more clues and answers!