Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for March 1, #629
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Today's Connections puzzle has a couple of really fun categories, especially if you like movies, music and Broadway musicals. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers.
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Hints for today's Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: The maneki neko waving cat figure is one.
Green group hint: Words with similar letters
Blue group hint: Break a leg!
Purple group hint: Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo.
Answers for today's Connections groups
Yellow group: Associated with good luck.
Green group: To-bo compound words
Blue group: Broadway musicals, familiarly.
Purple group: Words before "cowboy" in film and music.
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What are today's Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for March 1, 2025, #629.
The yellow words in today's Connections
The theme is associated with good luck. The four answers are horseshoe, ladybug, penny and shamrock.
The green words in today's Connections
The theme is to-bo compound words. The four answers are tollbooth, tomboy, toolbox and towboat.
The blue words in today's Connections
The theme is Broadway musicals, familiarly. The four answers are Fiddler, Merrily, Phantom and Sunset.
The purple words in today's Connections
The theme is words before "cowboy" in film and music. The four answers are Drugstore, Midnight, Rhinestone and Space.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We've made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they'll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included "things you can set," such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included "one in a dozen," such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included "streets on screen," such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included "power ___" such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included "things that can run," such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
