Connections #1012 Answers
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1012 for Thursday, March 19, 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): folk tale characters
- Green: good luck symbols
- Blue: things that change color
- Purple (hardest): ending in music genres
Answers
FOLK TALE CHARACTERS
CHICKEN LITTLE, FROG PRINCE, GINGERBREAD MAN, GOLDILOCKS
GOOD LUCK SYMBOLS
EVIL EYE, FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, HORSESHOE, RABBIT'S FOOT
THINGS THAT CHANGE COLOR
CHAMELEON, MOOD RING, SUNSET, TRAFFIC LIGHT
ENDING IN MUSIC GENRES
BABY BLUES, PET ROCK, SCRAP METAL, SODA POP
Previous Connections answers
- #1011 — interval, react to a stubbed toe, guitar effects pedals, ___ check
- #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
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