Connections #1004 Answers
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1004 for Wednesday, March 11, 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): steal
- Green: make nicer, with "up"
- Blue: kinds of cones
- Purple (hardest): pronoun homophones
Answers
STEAL
LIFT, PALM, PINCH, POCKET
MAKE NICER, WITH "UP"
DRESS, JAZZ, SPIFF, SPRUCE
KINDS OF CONES
ICE CREAM, PINE, SNOW, TRAFFIC
PRONOUN HOMOPHONES
HEE, MI, OUI, YEW
Previous Connections answers
- #1003 — cook with dry heat, familial nicknames, u.s. state abbreviations, punch
- #1002 — starting with the same sound, spelled differently, metaphors for public scrutiny, muppets, they feature a boss
- #1001 — cities, palindromes, horror movies minus "s", starting with slang for zero
- #1000 — $1, "wherefore art thou romeo?", words before "castle", where you might make a connection
- #999 — freeloader, concealing cover, ways one might refer to #, words for lucidity, in the singular
- #998 — bits of hardware, places where ideas are developed, go back and forth, what "sub" might refer to
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