NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, March 16 (game #1009)

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Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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for Sunday, March 15 (game #1008) . Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page
covers the original viral word game. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. Article continues below You may like NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, March 15 (game #1008) NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, March 9 (game #1002) NYT Connections hints and answers for
Monday, February 16 (game #981) NYT Connections today (game #1009) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are OKAY SLOTH ANY TWO WRATH TRAFFIC PRIDE ENVY CARTWRIGHT MOLASSES WRESTLE PACK POD EMMY GAGGLE GLACIER NYT Connections today (game #1009) - hint #1 - group
hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Collective beast names GREEN: Opposite of fast BLUE: Contain a letter you
cant hear PURPLE: USA homophones Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. NYT Connections today (game #1009) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: ANIMAL GROUP NAMES GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING SLOW BLUE: SILENT "W" PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. Today's best Get Better At Wordle deals 22 Amazon customer reviews 4.11 View 6.99 View 10.99 View Show more We check over 250 million products every day for the best prices NYT Connections today (game #1009) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #1009, are YELLOW: ANIMAL GROUP NAMES GAGGLE, PACK, POD, PRIDE GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING SLOW GLACIER, MOLASSES, SLOTH, TRAFFIC BLUE: SILENT "W" CARTWRIGHT, TWO, WRATH, WRESTLE PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS ANY, EMMY, ENVY, OKAY My rating: Easy My
score: Perfect As is often the case when I get the purple group first, it was by luck rather than design as the link I saw was two-syllable words but
kudos if you knew they were WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS.

Animal group names seemed pretty straightforward aside from a slight hesitation over GAGGLE, which is the collective noun for a collection of geese.

On the topic of geese, I had to attempt to explain the British class system
to someone the other day and my explanation was: ducks are working class, geese are middle class and swans are upper class. It sort of works, swans really do fancy themselves as the lords of the manor, geese like taking over places that used to belong to ducks and ducks are taken for granted. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, March 15, game #1008) YELLOW: PURSUE HOUND, SHADOW, TAIL, TRACK GREEN: SPORTSMANLIKE FAIR, HONEST,
SPORTING, SQUARE BLUE: CLASSIC KID GIFTS BIKE, BOOK, TOY, VIDEO GAME PURPLE: "____ GIRL" TITLES GONE, GOSSIP, NEW, WORKING What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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