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Spoilers: The NYT Connections puzzle for March 14, 2026, is game #1007. Its four groups are Hypnotic State; Starting with Prefixes Meaning “Two”; Fictional Inspectors; and Ending in Female Animals.
NYT Connections answers for March 14, 2026
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Hypnotic State | DREAM, HAZE, SPELL, TRANCE |
| Green | Starting with Prefixes Meaning “Two” | BINARY, DIOXIDE, DUOLINGO, TWILIGHT |
| Blue | Fictional Inspectors | CLOUSEAU, GADGET, JAVERT, MORSE |
| Purple | Ending in Female Animals | HOOTENANNY, LICHEN, MOSCOW, NIGHTMARE |
The 16 words on the board are NIGHTMARE, GADGET, BINARY, HAZE, HOOTENANNY, LICHEN, MORSE, DUOLINGO, SPELL, CLOUSEAU, MOSCOW, TRANCE, DIOXIDE, JAVERT, DREAM, and TWILIGHT.
How the March 14 groups connect
Yellow: Hypnotic State
DREAM, HAZE, SPELL, and TRANCE are all associated with a hypnotic or altered state.
Green: Starting with Prefixes Meaning “Two”
Each word begins with a prefix meaning two: bi- in BINARY, di- in DIOXIDE, duo- in DUOLINGO, and twi- in TWILIGHT.
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Blue: Fictional Inspectors
CLOUSEAU, GADGET, JAVERT, and MORSE are fictional inspectors.
Purple: Ending in Female Animals
The word endings supply the animal names: HOOTENANNY ends in nanny, a female goat; LICHEN ends in hen; MOSCOW ends in cow; and NIGHTMARE ends in mare.
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How NYT Connections works
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four based on a shared theme. NYT assigns each group a color: Yellow is the easiest and Purple the trickiest. Some words can seem to fit more than one theme, which is part of the puzzle’s misdirection. The New York Times Help Center says the daily game releases at midnight in the player’s timezone.
Why “today” depends on your timezone
The puzzle is dated March 14, 2026, and numbered #1007 in date-specific answer reports. Because the daily game releases at midnight in each player’s timezone, the active puzzle may change at different local times. Check the date shown in the game if your local calendar date differs from March 14.
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The NYT Help Center says the Connections archive reaches back to June 12, 2023, and eligible All Access and Games subscribers can access archived puzzles. The archive is the official route to replay an earlier daily game.
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