If you are looking for Connections Sunday March 10, 2024 answers, keep reading — I will share some clues, tips, strategies, and finally solutions for all four categories. Along the way I'll explain the meanings of the trickier words and we'll see how everything fits together. Please note, there are spoilers below for the March 10 issue of NYT Wired #273! If you want some tips (and answers) for today's game of Wired, keep reading.
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Below, I'll give you some indirect hints on today's connection answers. Further down the page I will reveal the topics and answers. Scroll slowly and get the tips you need!
Topic prompt for today’s connect puzzle
Here are some grouping tips from today’s Wired (no spoilers):
Yellow Category - Go Get It!
Green category - keep secrets.
Blue Category - Features and Options?
Purple category - brain farts.
PLEASE NOTE: Today's Connect Puzzle contains spoilers!
We're about to give you some answers. If you don't want to spoil the whole thing, scroll slowly. (Full solution a little below.)
A note on the tricky bits
Yesterday we had a "space bar" in one of the categories. Today we have SPACE on the board, but it's here as a verb. Today we do have something that refers to a computer keyboard, but it's not the space bar.
STICK and SHIFT cannot be used at the same time. Neither HIDE nor BONE. We don’t have any sneaky wordplay today either. This may not be a simple puzzle (did it ever be?), but today's categories are pretty straightforward.
What are the categories of connectivity today?
Yellow: Things dogs can take away
Green: hidden
Blue: MAC keyboard keys
Purple: Experiencing memory loss
Be extra careful: here’s the solution
Ready to get the answers to today’s connectivity dilemmas? I've given them all below.
What's the yellow word in today's connection?
The yellow grouping is considered the most straightforward. Today's theme for the yellow group is "Things Dogs Can Take" and the words are: ball, bone, Frisbee, stick.
What's the green word in Connections today?
The green grouping should be the second easiest. Today's theme in the green category is hiding, and the words are: BLOCK, COVER, HIDE, OBSCURE.
What's the blue word in today's Wired?
The blue group is the second hardest. Today's theme in the blue category is MAC keyboard keys, and the words are: COMMAND, CONTROL, OPTION, and SHIFT.
What is the purple word in today's connection?
The purple group is considered the hardest. Today's theme for the purple group is "Experiencing memory decline", and the words are: blank, flake, forget, space.
How I solved my connection issues today
OBSCURE can be an adjective, meaning something little known, or a verb, meaning to hide, cover, or block. ? Bones, balls, sticks and Frisbees are dog toys. ?
SHIFT, OPTION, and SPACE are keys on a computer keyboard, but is there a COMMAND key on a Mac, or is there a CONTROL key on a PC? Looking at the remaining options, I realized it had to be a bit of both - Space was the outlier, as it matched "Flake", "Blank" and "Forget". ?
The rest are SHIFT, OPTION, CONTROL and COMMAND. ?
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How to play connect
I have a complete guide to playing Connections , but here's a recap of the rules:
First, find the Connections game on the New York Times website or their game app (formerly known as the Crossword Puzzle app). You will see a game board with 16 tiles, each with a word or phrase. Your task is to select a set of four tiles that have something in common. Usually they are the same type of thing (for example: RAIN, SLEET, HAIL, and SNOW are all types of wet weather), but sometimes a play on words is involved (for example, BUCKET, GUEST, TOP TEN, and WISH are all types) List : Last Wish lists, guest lists, etc.).
Select four projects and click the Submit button. If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be displayed. (Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.) If your guess is incorrect, you'll be given a chance to try again.
You win when you correctly identify all four groups. But if you make four mistakes before finishing, the game will be over and the answer will be revealed.
How to win connections
The most important thing to know when it comes to winning connections is that grouping design is tricky. Expect to see overlapping groups. For example, one puzzle appeared to include six breakfast items: bacon, eggs, pancakes, omelets, waffles and cereal. But it turns out that BACON belongs to the same group of painters as CLOSE, MUNCH, and WHISTLER, while EGG belongs to a dozen groups of painters (along with JUROR, ROSE, and MONTH). So don’t hit “submit” until you’ve confirmed that your foursome only contains these four things.
If you're stuck, another strategy is to look at words that don't seem to be connected to other words. If when you see "Whistler" all that comes to mind is the painting nicknamed "Whistler's Mother," then you probably get the idea. When I was figuring this out, I ended up searching on Google to see if there was a painter named Close, since Close didn't fit any obvious themes either.
Obviously, another way to win when you're stuck is to read some helpful tips - which is why we share them every day. Check back tomorrow for the next puzzle!
