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NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (#646)

Puzzle #646. 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 Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (puzzle #646) is: YELLOW — EXCEPTIONAL: REMARKABLE, SINGULAR, SPECIAL, UNIQUE. GREEN — GERMAN WORDS: ANGST, DIE, KINDER, WURST. BLUE — PLURAL ANIMALS IDENTICAL TO THEIR SINGULAR FORMS: DEER, SHEEP, SHRIMP, SQUID. PURPLE — PLURAL WORDS THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR SINGULAR FORMS: DICE, LICE, MICE, OXEN.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

KINDER
DICE
SINGULAR
DIE
OXEN
SPECIAL
DEER
LICE
UNIQUE
SHEEP
SQUID
ANGST
MICE
WURST
REMARKABLE
SHRIMP

How hard is Connections #646?

Easy40/100
  • • Lots of very short words, which carry more possible meanings.

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 Tuesday, March 18, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Tuesday, March 18, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, March 18, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (puzzle #646) is: YELLOW — EXCEPTIONAL: REMARKABLE, SINGULAR, SPECIAL, UNIQUE. GREEN — GERMAN WORDS: ANGST, DIE, KINDER, WURST. BLUE — PLURAL ANIMALS IDENTICAL TO THEIR SINGULAR FORMS: DEER, SHEEP, SHRIMP, SQUID. PURPLE — PLURAL WORDS THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR SINGULAR FORMS: DICE, LICE, MICE, OXEN.

What is the purple group in Connections #646?

The purple (hardest) group is "PLURAL WORDS THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR SINGULAR FORMS": DICE, LICE, MICE, OXEN.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "EXCEPTIONAL" — REMARKABLE, SINGULAR, SPECIAL, UNIQUE. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #646. 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.