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NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Thursday, March 7, 2024 (#270)

Puzzle #270. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

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The NYT Connections answer for Thursday, March 7, 2024 (puzzle #270) is: YELLOW — SHARED: COLLECTIVE, COMMON, JOINT, MUTUAL. GREEN — RID OF CONTENTS: CLEAR, DRAIN, EMPTY, FLUSH. BLUE — ASSOCIATED WITH “STUB”: CIGARETTE, PENCIL, TICKET, TOE. PURPLE — ___ DREAM: AMERICAN, FEVER, LUCID, PIPE.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Thursday, March 7, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

TOE
JOINT
PIPE
FLUSH
CIGARETTE
DRAIN
COMMON
FEVER
CLEAR
PENCIL
AMERICAN
TICKET
COLLECTIVE
LUCID
EMPTY
MUTUAL

How hard is Connections #270?

Medium42/100
  • • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.

Where to start: Look for the four words that combine with "Dream" — locking that group down removes four red herrings from the rest of the grid.

Connections hints for Thursday, March 7, 2024

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Thursday, March 7, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Thursday, March 7, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Thursday, March 7, 2024 (puzzle #270) is: YELLOW — SHARED: COLLECTIVE, COMMON, JOINT, MUTUAL. GREEN — RID OF CONTENTS: CLEAR, DRAIN, EMPTY, FLUSH. BLUE — ASSOCIATED WITH “STUB”: CIGARETTE, PENCIL, TICKET, TOE. PURPLE — ___ DREAM: AMERICAN, FEVER, LUCID, PIPE.

What is the purple group in Connections #270?

The purple (hardest) group is "___ DREAM": AMERICAN, FEVER, LUCID, PIPE.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "SHARED" — COLLECTIVE, COMMON, JOINT, MUTUAL. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Thursday, March 7, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #270. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.