Get NYT Connections Hints for March 21, 2025. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #649, including word connections and hidden categories.
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ICON: Everyone wants to be an icon, but have you considered that icons are trapped forever in their perfect moment? They can't evolve, change, or have a bad hair day.
Think about geometric and conceptual round shapes
Places where things happen or exist
Milieu
LEGEND: They say become a legend, but legends never get to correct their own story. They're stuck with whatever tales others choose to tell about them.
Terms often associated with remarkable status
Words that can mean both powerful and famous
Luminary
MITZVAH: You think you're doing a good deed, but maybe the mitzvah is actually doing you by teaching you something about yourself.
Tools used for measuring or creating shapes
Drawing and design implements
Architectural drawing tools
SPHERE: You see a perfect sphere, but perhaps the sphere envies cubes for their edges and corners - grass is always greener on the other geometric shape.
Think about different types of tests or evaluations
Each can represent a form of assessment or cleansing
Bar ___
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Hint: Milieu
Hint: Luminary
Hint: Architectural drawing tools
Hint: Bar ___