NYT Connections Hints and Answers — Friday, March 13, 2026 (Puzzle #1006)
Today's NYT Connections puzzle #1006 is live. Here are the hints first, followed by the full answers if you need them. Stop reading when you have enough to solve it on your own.
Today's 16 Words
All 16 words in today's puzzle are: PRIME, BRICK, FOURTH, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, NEXT TIME, LATER, PASS, SUM, EVEN, GREAT, NUN, PHEW, NAH, AWL, and BERLIN.
NYT Connections Hints — Friday March 13
Yellow (Easiest): Think of casual, conversational ways someone politely declines an invitation. These are things you might text a friend.
Green: These are all types of a specific mathematical concept. Think about how numbers are classified in math class.
Blue: These all precede or are types of a famous physical structure. Think historically significant barriers.
Purple (Hardest): This one is classic Connections wordplay. Each word sounds exactly like something that is not a number but describes a quantity.
NYT Connections Answers — Full Spoilers Below
Here are the four complete category answers for today's puzzle:
Yellow — "No Thanks": LATER, NAH, NEXT TIME, PASS
Green — Kinds of Numbers: EVEN, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, PRIME
Blue — Kinds of Walls: BERLIN, BRICK, FOURTH, GREAT
Purple — Homophones of Non-Numeric Amounts: AWL, NUN, PHEW, SUM
Today's Trick Words to Watch For
The Purple category is today's sneakiest group. AWL sounds like "all," NUN sounds like "none," PHEW sounds like "few," and SUM sounds like "some" — each a homophone of a non-numeric quantity. EVEN and SUM are likely to pull players toward the math category before the real trick reveals itself.
