Here are the answers to NYT Connections puzzle #291 for March 28, 2024. If you have not solved it yet, start with the spoiler-free hints below; the complete groups and words follow.
Spoiler-free hints for Connections #291
- Yellow: Ways to say someone went away.
- Green: A person who flies an airplane.
- Blue: Four types of whale.
- Purple: Things that can have slots.
Connections #291 answers for March 28, 2024
Spoilers below. The sixteen words are DEPARTED, LEFT, SPLIT, WENT; ACE, AVIATOR, FLIER, PILOT; BLUE, FIN, GRAY, RIGHT; ATM, CASINO, SCHEDULE, and SPATULA.
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | EXITED | DEPARTED, LEFT, SPLIT, WENT |
| Green | ONE FLYING AN AIRPLANE | ACE, AVIATOR, FLIER, PILOT |
| Blue | KINDS OF WHALES | BLUE, FIN, GRAY, RIGHT |
| Purple | THINGS WITH SLOTS | ATM, CASINO, SCHEDULE, SPATULA |
Why the tricky words fit
PILOT belongs with the aviators
PILOT is the tempting overlap: it can appear in “pilot whale,” but in this puzzle it means a person who flies an airplane, alongside ACE, AVIATOR, and FLIER.
RIGHT is a kind of whale
RIGHT refers to the right whale, alongside blue, fin, and gray whales. Here it is a whale name, not a synonym for “correct.”
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SPATULA means a slotted turner
The purple grouping reads SPATULA as a slotted cooking turner. The fit is specific: not every spatula has slots. ATM, CASINO, and SCHEDULE are the other things associated with slots.
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This solution is for March 28, 2024, puzzle #291. A WordFinder archive labels that date #292, but dated answer guides and contemporaneous discussion identify it as #291.
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