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Hints for Connections #654
Try these clues before revealing the categories:
- Think about what you might set out for dinner.
- These words can describe a sudden rise when paired with a short word.
- Think of ways to save something electronically.
- The published category concerns volume measurements and an added letter; its precise wordplay is not clear from the category label alone.
Categories and answers
The following groupings are reported by Parade and TechRadar. The puzzle number and answer groups agree across the two guides.
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| Category | Words |
|---|---|
| Parts of a table setting | FORK, GLASS, NAPKIN, PLATE |
| Increased, with “up” | FLEW, ROSE, SHOT, THRUST |
| Kinds of digital storage | CARD, CLOUD, DISK, DRIVE |
| Units of volume plus letter | BOUNCE, GALLEON, PINOT, QUARTZ |
How the groups fit
Parts of a table setting
FORK, GLASS, NAPKIN, and PLATE are all items associated with setting a table.
Increased, with “up”
FLEW, ROSE, SHOT, and THRUST pair with “up” to make phrases describing a rise: flew up, rose up, shot up, and thrust up.
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Kinds of digital storage
CARD, CLOUD, DISK, and DRIVE are storage-related terms.
Units of volume plus letter
Parade reports the category label and its four words as shown above. The label does not, on its own, establish a clear letter transformation for each answer, so the exact wordplay is not explained here.
Board words
The sixteen words reported for game #654 were PINOT, CARD, SHOT, GLASS, ROSE, QUARTZ, DRIVE, THRUST, CLOUD, BOUNCE, PLATE, DISK, NAPKIN, FLEW, GALLEON, and FORK.
Sources and verification
Parade’s March 26, 2025, guide identifies the date, puzzle number, clues, categories, and answers: Parade’s Connections #654 guide. TechRadar’s March 25 guide independently identifies the following day’s puzzle as Wednesday, March 26, game #654, and reports the board words and answer coverage: TechRadar’s March 26, 2025, guide. These are secondary answer guides; direct confirmation against an official NYT archive was not established.
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