Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for March 4 #997

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is kind of tough. I thought the purple category was creative and fun, but I didn’t guess it. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Chase after.

Green group hint: Don’t be a sore loser.

Blue group hint: Santa’s list.

Purple group hint: Not boy.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Pursue.

Green group: Sportsmanlike.

Blue group: Classic kid gifts.

Purple group: “____ Girl” titles.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is pursue. The four answers are hound, shadow, trail and track.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is sportsmanlike. The four answers are fair, honest, sporting and square.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is classic kid gifts. The four answers are bike, book, toy and video game.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is “____ Girl” titles. The four answers are Gone, Gossip, New and Working.