Connections #995 Answers
Monday, March 2, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #995 for Monday, March 2, 2026. 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): gymnastics apparatus
- Green: status
- Blue: baseball calls
- Purple (hardest): ___ chicken
Answers
GYMNASTICS APPARATUS
BEAM, HORSE, RINGS, VAULT
STATUS
POSITION, RANK, STANDING, STATION
BASEBALL CALLS
BALL, FOUL, SAFE, STRIKE
___ CHICKEN
FUNKY, POPCORN, RUBBER, SPRING
Previous Connections answers
- #994 — little bite, construction equipment, vacation emoji, things you don't eat that end in foods
- #993 — craving, jobs that involve traveling, name homophones, astronomical terms plus a letter
- #992 — backstabber, aura, kinds of chain reaction "effects", ___ press
- #991 — pivotal point, green things, elements of joke-telling, "___ please"
- #990 — care for, elementary, jameses, ending in family words
- #989 — calcium-based structures, symbols of scotland, famous playwrights, ___ beam
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