NYT Puzzle Solutions: Clues and Answers for Saturday, 15th March 2025
In today's NYT Connections game for March 15, 2025, I'll be spilling some hints for each category and providing the full solutions. Ward off the spoilers if you're yet to solve the puzzle!
Cracking the Categories
Here are some spoiler-free hints for the groupings in today's Connections:
- Yellow: Sharp, pointy stuff that might hurt you
- Green: Components of instruments serenading an orchestra
- Blue: Words sprouting from courtroom drama
- Purple: Verbiage to express desires in the mystical cosmos
Spoilers Ahead!
We're about to dish out some answering juice. Tread lightly if you don't wish to uncover the whole enchilada. (The full solution is further down.)
The Tricky Parts
None of the name-like words on the board are actual names.
SPINE refers to the stuff a porcupine bears, not a human backbone.
A STRING can be plucked with your fingers, and a PEG is the item the string fastens to.
Consider a prayer-like nursery rhyme associated with twilight to decode today's purple category.
The Color Coded Categories
- Yellow: Sharp Protrusions
- BARB, BRISTLE, NEEDLE, SPINE
- Green: Stringed Instrument Parts
- BRIDGE, NECK, PEG, STRING
- Blue: Courtroom Manoeuvres
- CHARGE, MOVE, SERVE, SUE
- Purple: "Star Light, Star Bright"
- MAY, MIGHT, TONIGHT, WISH
Double Warning: The Solution is Below
Ready to unearth the answers to today's Connections puzzle? Here they are:
The Yellow Words
The yellow grouping aka the simplest. The theme for today's yellow gathering is SHARP PROTRUSION and the words are: BARB, BRISTLE, NEEDLE, SPINE.
The Green Words
The second easiest green category with a theme of STRINGED INSTRUMENT PARTS: BRIDGE, NECK, PEG, STRING.
The Blue Words
The second most challenging blue group, featuring words used in litigation: CHARGE, MOVE, SERVE, SUE.
The Purple Words
The trickiest purple gathering with the theme from the nursery rhyme "Star Light, Star Bright": MAY, MIGHT, TONIGHT, WISH.
How I Cracked the Case
Lots of suspected names but they seemed fishy.
BARB could be Barbara, but it can also signify SPINE, NEEDLE, or BRISTLE.
MAY, MIGHT, and WISH can be desires or wishes.
That's when I realized STRING, NECK, BRIDGE, and PEG are likely parts of a guitar.
I saw MAY, MIGHT, WISH, and TONIGHT are all words from the rhyme, "star light, star bright."
That left me with SUE, SERVE, MOVE, and CHARGE. All verbs commonly used in legal proceedings.
How to Play Connections
Know the drill? Here's a recap:
Locate the Connections game on the New York Times website or their Games app. You'll see a 16-tiles gameboard, with one word or phrase on each. Find a group of four tiles with something in common. It could be categories like:
- RAIN, SLEET, HAIL, and SNOW (Types of wet weather)
- BUCKET, GUEST, TOP TEN, and WISH (Types of lists)
When you're confident about your guess, click Submit. If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be shown.
Win when you've correctly identified all four groups, but try to avoid making 4 mistakes and losing the game.
Winning Strategies
Remember, groupings are crafted to be tricky. Look for overlapping groups. For example, BUCKET and GUEST could be painters, or EGG could be items coming in dozens.
If you're stuck, hints like this may help. Keep checking back for more puzzles!
- The trickiest category in today's Connections game, 'Star Light, Star Bright', is themed around nursery rhymes, with the words MAY, MIGHT, TONIGHT, and WISH.
- To decode the purple category in today's NYT Connections, consider a prayer-like nursery rhyme associated with twilight.
- In today's Connections game for March 15, 2025, the theme for the Purple category is "Star Light, Star Bright".
- When you're feeling stuck in the Connections game on NYT, remember to revisit nursery rhymes and twilight associations for help with the Purple grouping.
