Connections #1011 Answers
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1011 for Wednesday, March 18, 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): interval
- Green: react to a stubbed toe
- Blue: guitar effects pedals
- Purple (hardest): ___ check
Answers
INTERVAL
PATCH, PERIOD, SPELL, STRETCH
REACT TO A STUBBED TOE
CURSE, HOP, WINCE, YELL
GUITAR EFFECTS PEDALS
DELAY, REVERB, WAH, WHAMMY
___ CHECK
BLANK, COAT, RAIN, REALITY
Previous Connections answers
- #1010 — metaphors for trouble, music theory concepts, things with strings, metaphors for quickness
- #1009 — animal group names, things associated with being slow, silent "w", words that sound like state abbreviations
- #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
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