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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle features one of those zingers of a purple category, where you need to change something in a word to recognize how it connects to other words. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Hard to see.
Green group hint: Like Reader’s Digest.
Blue group hint: How do you want to pay?
Purple group hint: Measurements, but with a twist.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Obfuscate.
Green group: Magazines.
Blue group: Payment methods.
Purple group: Units of volume with last letter changed.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for March 25, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is obfuscate. The four answers are blur, cloud, muddy and obscure.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is magazines. The four answers are Fortune, People, Spin and Time.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is payment methods. The four answers are cash, charge, check and wire.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is units of volume with last letter changed. The four answers are cur (cup), gallop (gallon), ping (pint) and quark (quart).
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
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