‘Connections’ March 19: Hints and Answers for Puzzle #647

Another day means another Connections puzzle, and if you are struggling with today’s, Newsweek is here to help.

Launched by The New York Times in June 2023, the word-based brainteaser is now the newspaper’s second-most-played game behind Wordle.

Wyna Liu, who helped develop Connections and is a puzzle editor for The New York Times, told the outlet back in 2020 that she enjoys making games.

“I absolutely love making grids and do this for hours at a time. Sometimes, I’ll procrastinate on a grid by starting another grid,” Liu said at the time. “There’s also the hope that someone might enjoy solving my puzzle the way I’ve enjoyed solving other constructors’ puzzles over the years.”

“The joy and satisfaction I get from making puzzles is similar, in some ways, to the feeling I get when working on an art-related project. I feel like I’m finding a creative solution to a problem, albeit one of my own making.”

When it comes to Connections, specifically, Liu told Newsweek last year that “each board has to be made from scratch,” noting that she jots ideas down in a notebook when inspiration strikes.

“I usually don’t know where a board is going to go. It really does [take] a long time to fudge things and try different angles.”

How To Play ‘Connections’

The rules of Connections are simple. To start, players are presented with 16 words, which they must divide into four distinct categories based on a shared theme. Each of the four categories has a separate color denoting its level of difficulty. Yellow is thought to be the easiest, followed by green, then blue and purple.

For example, Tuesday’s puzzle linked the words “deer,” “sheep,” shrimp” and “squid” with the blue category, “Plural animals identical to their singular forms.”

The purple category, meanwhile, was “Plural words that are very different from their singular forms,” and the terms connected to it were, “dice,” “lice,” “mice” and “oxen.”

Thankfully, there is no time limit to the game, so you are welcome to mull over the categories all day if you would like.

‘Connections’ #647 Hints and Clues for Wednesday, March 19

Below are Newsweek‘s hints to help you with Wednesday’s game:

Yellow: Indicate, denote

Green: Computer actions

Blue: Associated with a road

Purple: Words after “À/A la ___”

‘Connections’ #647 Answers for Wednesday, March 19

Yellow Category: SIGNIFY

Yellow Words: Convey, Express, Mean, Spell

Green Category: WEB BROWSER BUTTONS

Green Words: Back, Extensions, Forward, Refresh

Blue Category: PARTS OF A ROAD

Blue Words: Divider, Lane, Median, Shoulder

Purple Category: À/A LA ___

Purple Words: Carte, King, Mode, Plancha

Bravo if you solved today’s Wordle correctly! It was a tough one. Don’t fret, though, if you weren’t able to get it. You will get another chance on Thursday when a new game will be available for you to play.

Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone, so be sure to check back with Newsweek daily for more hints, clues and answers.

While you wait, these other engaging word-based games are sure to challenge you.