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NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, March 11 (game #639)

March 10, 2025
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Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, March 10 (game #638).

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #639) - today's words

NYT Connections hints for game 639 on a purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are…

  • PHONE
  • BREAK
  • FOOTBALL
  • LEGEND
  • SADDLE
  • KEYS
  • BELL
  • WALLET
  • ALTERNATIVE
  • KING
  • WONDER
  • CHANGE
  • MOCCASINS
  • INTERCOM
  • DEPARTURE
  • ALARM

NYT Connections today (game #639) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: Doing things differently 
  • GREEN: Chiming
  • BLUE: Made from the same material 
  • PURPLE: Playing all the right notes

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #639) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: VARIATION FROM THE NORM 
  • GREEN: THINGS THAT RING 
  • BLUE: THINGS TRADITIONALLY MADE OF LEATHER 
  • PURPLE: SINGER-SONGWRITER PIANISTS 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #639) - the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 639 on a purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #639, are…

  • YELLOW: VARIATION FROM THE NORM ALTERNATIVE, BREAK, CHANGE, DEPARTURE
  • GREEN: THINGS THAT RING ALARM, BELL, INTERCOM, PHONE
  • BLUE: THINGS TRADITIONALLY MADE OF LEATHER FOOTBALL, MOCCASINS, SADDLE, WALLET
  • PURPLE: SINGER-SONGWRITER PIANISTS KEYS, KING, LEGEND, WONDER
  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

I had a hunch that WONDER was connected to Stevie, but my uncertainty over who could join him led me to pursue other groups.

THINGS TRADITIONALLY MADE OF LEATHER was the first connection I saw, mainly down to MOCCASINS and SADDLE, with my only hesitation being FOOTBALL as I knew that in the early days they were called pigskins.

After initially thinking that both BREAK and DEPARTURE had vacations in common, I saw that difference or VARIATION FROM THE NORM was the link. In a huge departure from the norm for me, I managed to get today’s puzzle without a mistake. A unique and enjoyable experience.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, 10 March, game #638)

  • YELLOW: CAT BREEDS RAGAMUFFIN, RUSSIAN BLUE, SPHYNX, TURKISH ANGORA
  • GREEN: FAMOUS SMILES CHESHIRE CAT, COMEDY MASK, JOKER, MONA LISA
  • BLUE: ATTRACTIONS ICONICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR ORIGINAL FORMS LIBERTY BELL, STATUE OF LIBERTY, TOWER OF PISA, VENUS DE MILO
  • PURPLE: ASSOCIATED WITH "THE DUDE" LEBOWSKI BATHROBE, BOWLING, RUG, WHITE RUSSIAN

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.