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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers.

And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers.

NYT Connections board for March 20, 2025: GENIE, BUNGEE, STRAIT, VOCAL, SHIP, EXTENSION, DIRECT, MESSAGE, LOUD, SOUND, SPINAL, CHANNEL, UMBILICAL, BAY, LIGHTNING, FRANK.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Green category - They exist at lands end.

Blue category - They all go with a word thats similar to fiber or string or rope.

Purple category - They can all be captured or built inside a small glass structure.

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Connections puzzle!

Were about to give away some of the answers.

Scroll slowly if you dont want the whole thing spoiled.

(The full solution is a bit further down.)

A heads up about the tricky parts

SOUND does not go with LOUD and VOCAL.

SOUND refers to something like the Long Island SOUND.

What are the categories in todays Connections?

I give them all away below.

What are the yellow words in todays Connections?

The yellow grouping is considered to be the most straightforward.

What are the green words in todays Connections?

The green grouping is supposed to be the second-easiest.

What are the blue words in todays Connections?

The blue grouping is the second-hardest.

What are the purple words in todays Connections?

The purple grouping is considered to be the hardest.

UMBILICAL makes me think of an UMBILICAL cord.

That would also go with VOCAL, BUNGEE, and EXTENSION.

Oops, one away!

Ah, I bet its SPINAL.

That was a silly mistake.

SHIP, GENIE, LIGHTNING, and MESSAGE are all things that could go in bottles.

That leaves UMBILICAL, EXTENSION, SPINAL, and BUNGEE.

Youll see a game board with 16 tiles, each with one word or phrase.

Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common.

Select four items and hit the Submit button.

If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed.

(Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.)

If your guess was incorrect, youll get a chance to retry.

You win when youve correctly identified all four groups.

But if you make four mistakes before you finish, the game ends and the answers are revealed.

Expect to see overlapping groups.

So dont hit submit until youve confirmed that your group of four containsonlythose four things.

If youre stuck, another strategy is to look at the words that seem to havenoconnection to the others.

Check back tomorrow for the next puzzle!