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NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Sunday, March 10, 2024 (#273)

Puzzle #273. 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 Sunday, March 10, 2024 (puzzle #273) is: YELLOW — THINGS A DOG CAN FETCH: BALL, BONE, FRISBEE, STICK. GREEN — CONCEAL: BLOCK, COVER, HIDE, OBSCURE. BLUE — MAC KEYBOARD KEYS: COMMAND, CONTROL, OPTION, SHIFT. PURPLE — EXPERIENCE A MEMORY LAPSE: BLANK, FLAKE, FORGET, SPACE.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Sunday, March 10, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

STICK
SHIFT
BONE
HIDE
BLANK
BLOCK
SPACE
BALL
OBSCURE
COMMAND
FLAKE
COVER
CONTROL
FORGET
FRISBEE
OPTION

How hard is Connections #273?

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

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Sunday, March 10, 2024

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

NYT Connections answers for Sunday, March 10, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Sunday, March 10, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, March 10, 2024 (puzzle #273) is: YELLOW — THINGS A DOG CAN FETCH: BALL, BONE, FRISBEE, STICK. GREEN — CONCEAL: BLOCK, COVER, HIDE, OBSCURE. BLUE — MAC KEYBOARD KEYS: COMMAND, CONTROL, OPTION, SHIFT. PURPLE — EXPERIENCE A MEMORY LAPSE: BLANK, FLAKE, FORGET, SPACE.

What is the purple group in Connections #273?

The purple (hardest) group is "EXPERIENCE A MEMORY LAPSE": BLANK, FLAKE, FORGET, SPACE.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "THINGS A DOG CAN FETCH" — BALL, BONE, FRISBEE, STICK. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Sunday, March 10, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #273. 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.