Connections #996 Answers
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #996 for Tuesday, March 3, 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): "big" things
- Green: be adjacent to
- Blue: seen in a closet
- Purple (hardest): starting with synonyms for "speedy"
Answers
"BIG" THINGS
APPLE, BROTHER, DIPPER, MAC
BE ADJACENT TO
ABUT, FLANK, NEIGHBOR, TOUCH
SEEN IN A CLOSET
HANGER, HOOK, ROD, SHELF
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SPEEDY"
BRISKET, FASTIDIOUS, FLEETWOOD, QUICKSAND
Previous Connections answers
- #995 — gymnastics apparatus, status, baseball calls, ___ chicken
- #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
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