Connections #657 Answers
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #657 for Saturday, March 29, 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): materials associated with fancy dining
- Green: kinds of shorts
- Blue: nouns in a famous palindrome
- Purple (hardest): movies from 1985
Answers
MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH FANCY DINING
CHINA, CRYSTAL, LINEN, SILVER
KINDS OF SHORTS
BERMUDA, BIKE, BOXER, CARGO
NOUNS IN A FAMOUS PALINDROME
CANAL, MAN, PANAMA, PLAN
MOVIES FROM 1985
BRAZIL, CLUE, COMMANDO, WITNESS
Previous Connections answers
- #656 — hurl, be on both sides of, parts of a classic girl scout uniform, ___ hall
- #655 — affect, you got it!, slang for money, objects with the prefix “micro-”
- #654 — parts of a table setting, increased, with “up”, kinds of digital storage, units of volume plus letter
- #653 — black-and-white things, anagrams, u.s. presidential nicknames, clear as ___
- #652 — bad-smelling, unfluctuating, who video games are for, per esrb ratings, things with layers
- #651 — captivate, things with wings, words that modify “watch”, words repeated in “miss mary mack”
Browse every past puzzle in the Connections answer archive.