Connections #1009 Answers
Monday, March 16, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1009 for Monday, March 16, 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): animal group names
- Green: things associated with being slow
- Blue: silent "w"
- Purple (hardest): words that sound like state abbreviations
Answers
ANIMAL GROUP NAMES
GAGGLE, PACK, POD, PRIDE
THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING SLOW
GLACIER, MOLASSES, SLOTH, TRAFFIC
SILENT "W"
CARTWRIGHT, TWO, WRATH, WRESTLE
WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS
ANY, EMMY, ENVY, OKAY
Previous Connections answers
- #1008 — greedily control, toothed wheels, portmanteaux, bull___
- #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
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