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This guide is for NYT Connections game #1,006, published Friday, March 13, 2026. You’ll find gentle clues first, followed by the category names and complete groups behind a spoiler break.
Word bank for Connections #1,006
The 16 entries in this archived grid were:
- LATER
- NAH
- NEXT TIME
- PASS
- EVEN
- IRRATIONAL
- PERFECT
- PRIME
- BERLIN
- BRICK
- FOURTH
- GREAT
- AWL
- NUN
- PHEW
- SUM
Gentle category clues
Try these prompts before revealing any answers:
- Yellow: Ways to decline an offer.
- Green: Different classifications of numbers.
- Blue: Several kinds of walls, including famous named examples.
- Purple: Say the words aloud; they sound like words describing amounts.
One-word hints for each group
- Yellow: “I don’t want that.”
- Green: “Time to count.”
- Blue: “Not floors or ceilings.”
- Purple: “Sounds like they’re not all there… or maybe they are!”
These are editorial clues reported by Parade and Forbes, not official New York Times wording.
Spoiler warning: The category names and full solutions appear below.
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NYT Connections #1,006 answers
NO THANKS
LATER, NAH, NEXT TIME, PASS
KINDS OF NUMBERS
EVEN, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, PRIME
KINDS OF WALLS
BERLIN, BRICK, FOURTH, GREAT
The blue group mixes a material wall with named or familiar wall expressions: the Berlin Wall, brick wall, fourth wall and Great Wall.
#1 Best Overall
HOMOPHONES OF NON-NUMERIC AMOUNTS
AWL, NUN, PHEW, SUM
Read aloud, these sound like all, none, few and some. That sound-alike trick identifies the purple group.
How the puzzle works
Connections presents 16 words, phrases, symbols or numbers that must be sorted into four groups of four. Red herrings can make an entry appear to fit more than one category. Forbes describes three incorrect guesses as allowed before a fourth wrong guess ends the game; color-coded groups show your confirmed finds.
Rank #2
Playing the daily puzzle and archive
TechRadar describes Connections as playable through the NYT Games website on desktop or mobile. Its account of the service says the archive is available to NYT All Access or Games subscribers. Subscription and archive policies can change, so check the current terms on the New York Times Games site.
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