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NYT Connections #631, for Monday, March 3, 2025, has four groups: relaxing, forms of gold, material arranged in cylindrical or rolled forms, and references to The Flintstones. The board’s sixteen words are LEAF, LOAF, ROLL, BONE, SCROLL, BAR, DINOSAUR, LOUNGE, CLUB, BOLT, COIN, REEL, CHILL, NUGGET, RUBBLE, and REST. Try the hints below before opening the answers.
Hints for Connections #631
- Yellow: Take it easy.
- Green: Think of precious metal.
- Blue: These can be tubes or rolled forms.
- Purple: Think of the modern Stone Age family.
These are spoiler-light descriptions reported by dated answer guides, not official New York Times category labels. If you want the complete solution, continue below.
Connections #631 answers
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | BE AT LEISURE | CHILL, LOAF, LOUNGE, REST |
| Green | FORMATS OF GOLD | BAR, COIN, LEAF, NUGGET |
| Blue | CYLINDER OF MATERIAL | BOLT, REEL, ROLL, SCROLL |
| Purple | SEEN IN “THE FLINTSTONES” | BONE, CLUB, DINOSAUR, RUBBLE |
Why the four groups fit
Yellow: BE AT LEISURE
CHILL, LOAF, LOUNGE, and REST all describe relaxing or taking time off. This set is connected by meaning, not a shared spelling pattern.
Green: FORMATS OF GOLD
Gold can appear as a BAR, COIN, LEAF, or NUGGET. LEAF is the tempting word here: it can also suggest paper, which may pull solvers toward the rolled-material group.
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Blue: CYLINDER OF MATERIAL
BOLT, REEL, ROLL, and SCROLL can each describe material stored around a cylinder or in a rolled form. SCROLL is an overlap trap because it can also bring a written document to mind.
Purple: SEEN IN “THE FLINTSTONES”
BONE, CLUB, and DINOSAUR evoke the cartoon’s Stone Age setting; RUBBLE points to Barney Rubble. The words are not all character names—the connection is the show and its setting.
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How to approach a tricky Connections board
Compare what a word means with the physical form it can describe, then check whether a familiar phrase or pop-culture association offers another plausible grouping. On this board, that means separating relaxing actions from gold formats, rolled material from the Flintstones references, and testing ambiguous words such as LEAF and SCROLL against all four words in a proposed set.
When three words seem to fit, scan the remaining board for an alternate fourth word before submitting. A plausible trio can be misleading if one word has a stronger connection elsewhere; checking the full set helps avoid spending a mistake on an incomplete pattern.
What Connections asks you to do
Connections is a daily New York Times word game in which players sort sixteen words into four groups of four. The categories can overlap in plausible ways, so solving often depends on finding the shared link that accounts for every word in a set. Forbes described the game as available on the NYT website and Games app, with a new puzzle at midnight; its guide also reported archive access for All Access or Games subscribers. Access and subscription terms can change, so check the current NYT Games listings for availability. Forbes’ guide to Connections #631 gives that game and archive context.
For the puzzle-specific word list and grouping notes, see Connections Hint’s March 3, 2025 breakdown and TechRadar’s Connections #631 guide.
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