NYT Connections Hints and Answers for March 22, Issue #1015
The NYT Connections puzzle for March 22, Issue #1015 offered a varied and lively challenge. Players faced four distinct groups with broad themes.
Hints for solvers
Four hints guided players from easiest to hardest. They pointed to single-word themes for each color group.
- Yellow hint: In charge.
- Green hint: You might screenshot one.
- Blue hint: How many reps can you do?
- Purple hint: Hang ten!
Answers and group themes
Below are the solutions and the themes they represent. Each group contains four correct words.
Yellow group — oversee
The words in this group all mean to manage or supervise. The four answers were chair, head, lead and run.
Green group — picture taken from a film
This set named terms for single images drawn from motion pictures. The answers were frame, image, shot and still.
Blue group — components of a weightlifting setup
All four words are items you find in a lifting area. The answers were bar, bench, rack and weights.
Purple group — ____ surf
The final quartet completed the phrase blank surf. The answers were channel, couch, crowd and kite.
Tools and tracking
The Times offers a Connections Bot to score and analyze play. Registered users can track puzzles completed, win rate, perfect scores and streaks.
Filmogaz.com recommends using those tools after you finish a puzzle. They give a clear performance snapshot.
Toughest Connections puzzles so far
Past puzzles sometimes challenged players with trickier categories. Here are five notable examples with sample items.
- #5 — “Things you can set”: mood, record, table, volleyball.
- #4 — “One in a dozen”: egg, juror, month, rose.
- #3 — “Streets on screen”: Elm, Fear, Jump, Sesame.
- #2 — “Power ___”: nap, plant, Ranger, trip.
- #1 — “Things that can run”: candidate, faucet, mascara, nose.
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