NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Sunday, March 30, 2025 (#658)

Puzzle #658. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, March 30, 2025 (puzzle #658) is: YELLOW — AVERAGE: MEAN, NORM, PAR, STANDARD. GREEN — PICTURED ON THE U.S. GREAT SEAL: ARROWS, EAGLE, OLIVE BRANCH, SHIELD. BLUE — PROPER NOUNS IN BROADWAY MUSICAL TITLES THAT ARE SPOKEN PHRASES: BIRDIE, DOLLY, KATE, YANKEES. PURPLE — ___MAN: BOGEY, CRAFTS, GENTLE, SPOKES.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

MEAN
EAGLE
STANDARD
SPOKES
GENTLE
BIRDIE
YANKEES
PAR
CRAFTS
ARROWS
BOGEY
SHIELD
DOLLY
NORM
OLIVE BRANCH
KATE

How hard is Connections #658?

Medium59/100
  • 2 categories run on wordplay rather than meaning.
  • At least one entry is a phrase rather than a single word.

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

Connections hints for Sunday, March 30, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Sunday, March 30, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Sunday, March 30, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, March 30, 2025 (puzzle #658) is: YELLOW — AVERAGE: MEAN, NORM, PAR, STANDARD. GREEN — PICTURED ON THE U.S. GREAT SEAL: ARROWS, EAGLE, OLIVE BRANCH, SHIELD. BLUE — PROPER NOUNS IN BROADWAY MUSICAL TITLES THAT ARE SPOKEN PHRASES: BIRDIE, DOLLY, KATE, YANKEES. PURPLE — ___MAN: BOGEY, CRAFTS, GENTLE, SPOKES.

What is the purple group in Connections #658?

The purple (hardest) group is "___MAN": BOGEY, CRAFTS, GENTLE, SPOKES.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "AVERAGE" — MEAN, NORM, PAR, STANDARD. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Sunday, March 30, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #658. 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.