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NYT Connections Hints March 23, 2025 #651

Get NYT Connections Hints for March 23, 2025. Find hints and solutions for puzzle #651, including word connections and hidden categories.

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Yellow Group Hints March 23, 2025

SMART: Everyone thinks being smart is great, but have you noticed how lonely smart phones get? They're always waiting for dumb humans to press their buttons.

Hint One

👈

Think about ways to completely hold someone's focus

Hint Two

These words all mean to captivate or hold firmly

Hint Three

Captivate

Green Group Hints March 23, 2025

GRAB: We spend our lives grabbing things, but what if things are actually grabbing onto us?

Hint One

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Places and beings associated with floating above ground

Hint Two

Things that can be found up in the air

Hint Three

Things with wings

Blue Group Hints March 23, 2025

ENTRANCE: Every entrance is actually an exit from somewhere else. So are we really entering, or just leaving in reverse?

Hint One

👈

Think about timepiece-related terms

Hint Two

Parts or types of watches and timing devices

Hint Three

Words that modify “watch”

Purple Group Hints March 23, 2025

ABSORB: We think we absorb knowledge, but maybe knowledge is absorbing us, one fact at a time.

Hint One

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Think about opposites and color

Hint Two

These relate to directions or appearance

Hint Three

Words repeated in “miss mary mack”

Get NYT Connections Answers March 23, 2025 #651

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Yellow Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Captivate

ABSORB
ENTRANCE
GRAB
RIVET

Green Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Things with wings

AIRPLANE
FAIRY
FLY
HOSPITAL

Blue Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Words that modify “watch”

POCKET
SMART
STOP
WRIST

Purple Group NYT Connections Answers

Hint: Words repeated in “miss mary mack”

BACK
BLACK
BUTTONS
MACK