Connections #1008 Answers
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1008 for Sunday, March 15, 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): greedily control
- Green: toothed wheels
- Blue: portmanteaux
- Purple (hardest): bull___
Answers
GREEDILY CONTROL
BOGART, CORNER, HOG, MONOPOLIZE
TOOTHED WHEELS
COG, GEAR, PINION, SPROCKET
PORTMANTEAUX
BLOG, MOTEL, SMOG, SPORK
BULL___
DOG, DOZE, FROG, HORN
Previous Connections answers
- #1007 — hypnotic state, starting with prefixes meaning "two", fictional inspectors, ending in female animals
- #1006 — "no thanks", kinds of numbers, kinds of walls, homophones of non-numeric amounts
- #1005 — places to find sand, things that move back and forth, apparatus-based exercise classes, featuring birds
- #1004 — steal, make nicer, with "up", kinds of cones, pronoun homophones
- #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
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