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Need a nudge or the full solution for the NYT Connections puzzle from Friday, March 7, 2025? The clues below are arranged from least to most revealing, so stop before the section that would spoil the game for you.
How Connections works
Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four that share a theme. The New York Times says yellow is the easiest group and purple the trickiest; some words may appear to fit more than one category. The daily puzzle releases at midnight in the player’s timezone. See the NYT Connections Help Center.
Hints for March 7, 2025
Try these clues in order. Each one reveals more than the last.
- Think of symbols, designations, or indicators.
- These are people portrayed in notable movies.
- Each is a city in a particular country.
- For the last group, change the second letter of each fruit to make the displayed word.
Category titles
- EMBLEM
- SUBJECTS OF ACCLAIMED MUSICAL BIOPICS
- U.S. CITIES
- FRUITS WITH THEIR SECOND LETTERS CHANGED
Full answers for the March 7 puzzle
Spoilers below: the complete word groups are listed here.
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- SUBJECTS OF ACCLAIMED MUSICAL BIOPICS: BROWN, CASH, DYLAN, MERCURY
- U.S. CITIES: BUFFALO, HELENA, IRVING, PHOENIX
- FRUITS WITH THEIR SECOND LETTERS CHANGED: AMPLE, DOTE, LUMON, POACH
Why the fruit group is tricky
Each tile resembles a fruit name with its second letter replaced: AMPLE comes from apple, DOTE from date, LUMON from lemon, and POACH from peach. The altered words are the tiles to submit, not the fruit names.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Puzzle number and archive note
Sources disagree on the puzzle number for this date: Xfire calls it #669, while WordHint and Parade call it #635. The date and word groups match, but the number is not established consistently. Xfire, WordHint, and Parade provide their respective listings.
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