Get NYT Connections Hints for March 22, 2025. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #650, including word connections and hidden categories.
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TOUCHDOWN: In football, they call it a touchdown. But have you noticed the ball rarely touches down? It's more like a 'throw-up' or 'catch-high'.
You might find these in an orchestra pit
Musical instruments beginning with T
Musical instruments
TRADEMARK: It's called a trademark, but it's really just humans calling dibs on ideas.
Words used when you can't remember the exact name
Decorative knick-knacks
Knickknack
TELEVISION: We call it television, but really it's just a box that makes us stop living our own lives to watch others live theirs.
Some are ancient, some are mathematical
Shapes, numbers and fossils with 'tri-'
Words with the prefix meaning “three”
TUBERCULOSIS: The only disease that sounds like a fancy flower arrangement class at community college.
Significant developments in society and medicine
Impactful T-words in sports, media, business and health
Words abbreviated with “t” + letter
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Hint: Musical instruments
Hint: Knickknack
Hint: Words with the prefix meaning “three”
Hint: Words abbreviated with “t” + letter