Connections #645 Answers
Monday, March 17, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #645 for Monday, March 17, 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): filament
- Green: uninhibitedness
- Blue: kinds of trucks
- Purple (hardest): bands minus the number five
Answers
FILAMENT
FIBER, STRAND, STRING, THREAD
UNINHIBITEDNESS
ABANDON, FREEDOM, SPONTANEITY, UNRESTRAINT
KINDS OF TRUCKS
DUMP, GARBAGE, MONSTER, PICKUP
BANDS MINUS THE NUMBER FIVE
BEN FOLDS, JACKSON, MAROON, MC
Previous Connections answers
- #644 — bunch, ending with silent “t”, serial killer movies, starting with constellations
- #643 — sharp protrusion, features of stringed instruments, litigation verbs, in “star light, star bright”
- #642 — impose, as a penalty, checkout line impulse buys, movies of various lengths, ___ road
- #641 — partiality, signal down, as a taxi, cards in texas hold ’em, shakespearean words
- #640 — ingredients in classic pound cake, things that are red, words said to have no exact rhymes, ___ candy
- #639 — variation from the norm, things that ring, things traditionally made of leather, singer-songwriter pianists
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