Connections #633 Answers
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #633 for Wednesday, March 5, 2025. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): periphery
- Green: things people do to fingernails
- Blue: what might bring tears to your eyes
- Purple (hardest): ___ball recreational sports
Answers
PERIPHERY
BORDER, EDGE, FRINGE, SKIRT
THINGS PEOPLE DO TO FINGERNAILS
BITE, CLIP, FILE, PAINT
WHAT MIGHT BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES
ALLERGY, MELODRAMA, ONION, RELIEF
___BALL RECREATIONAL SPORTS
DODGE, KICK, PICKLE, SOFT
Previous Connections answers
- #632 — adjectives for nice skin, mess of hair, dickens characters, ___ chain
- #631 — be at leisure, formats of gold, cylinder of material, seen in “the flintstones”
- #630 — cellphone modes, evade, what “w” might stand for, ___string
- #629 — associated with good luck, to-bo- compound words, broadway musicals, familiarly, words before “cowboy” in film and music
- #628 — be indecisive, lovely person, lucidity, components of metaphors for things that can’t be undone
- #627 — contact via telephone, parts of a car, levels of biological organization, ending with units of measure
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