NYT Connections Hints and Answers Today — Friday, March 13, 2026 (Puzzle #1006)
SPOILER WARNING: Full NYT Connections answers for puzzle #1006 are below. Scroll carefully if you only want hints first.
Today's NYT Connections Hints (No Answers Yet)
Need a gentle push before the full reveal? Here are the category hints for today's NYT Connections puzzle without giving away the goods.
The Yellow group asks you to think of a polite way of saying no to someone or something. The Green group involves mathematical terms. The Blue group covers different types of walls. The Purple group — today's trickiest — features terms that indicate an estimate of some kind.
One additional layer of difficulty: the Purple group tripped up even experienced solvers today, with many players cycling through GREAT, SUM, and EVEN before finally landing on the correct grouping.
All 16 Words in Today's NYT Connections Grid
The 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 Answers for March 13, 2026
Full answers below — final spoiler warning.
Here are the four confirmed answers for today's NYT Connections puzzle #1006:
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Why Today's NYT Connections Was Tricky
The Purple group is the standout challenge today. Today's NYT Connections Purple category used sound-alike wordplay — homophones — which is a rare and sneaky twist. AWL sounds like ALL, NUN sounds like NONE, PHEW sounds like FEW, and SUM sounds like SOME. Each is a homophone of a non-numeric word indicating an amount.
The Blue group had its own trap. Players solving the "Kinds of Walls" category had to recognize FOURTH as in the "fourth wall" — a theatrical and cinematic term for the invisible barrier between a performer and the audience — alongside the more obvious BERLIN, BRICK, and GREAT.
The Green "Kinds of Numbers" group caught many players off guard because GREAT, SUM, and EVEN all look like they could fit into other categories at first glance, leading to incorrect early guesses before the math theme became clear.
NYT Connections Sports Edition Answers — March 13 (#536)
Today's NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle #536 answers include: BANNER, FLAG, PENNANT, and POSTER for the Yellow category "Things Fans Hang on Their Walls." The Green category covers a college sports division, and the Purple group is connected by the first name shared with Apple's CEO Tim — the name TIM.
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