​Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.. Today’s NYT Strands puzzle should appeal to musicians of all kinds. Some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.. Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far. Hint for today’s Strands puzzle. Today’s Strands theme is: I blew it!. If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: I’m in the band.. Clue words to unlock in-game hints. Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:. NORM, CARL, MODE, MODES, LUTE, COME, COME, BEND, NITE, TINE, HARM. Answers for today’s Strands puzzle. These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:. OBOE, FLUTE, CLARINET, RECORDER, HARMONICA. Today’s Strands spangram. The completed NYT Strands for March 26, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET. Today’s Strands spangram is WINDINSTRUMENT. To find it, start with the W that is at the bottom of the far-left vertical row, and wind up and across.. Toughest Strands puzzles. Here are some of the Strands topics I’ve found to be the toughest.. #1: Dated slang. Maybe you didn’t even use this lingo when it was cool. Toughest word: PHAT.. #2: Thar she blows! I guess marine biologists might ace this one. Toughest word: BALEEN or RIGHT.. #3: Off the hook. Again, it helps to know a lot about sea creatures. Sorry, Charlie. Toughest word: BIGEYE or SKIPJACK.  

​Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.. How good are you at unscrambling letters to make a new word out of an old one? Today’s Connections: Sports Edition requires you to do just that — for the purple category, naturally. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.. Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.. Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta. Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups. Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.. Yellow group hint: Touch ’em all!. Green group hint: It’s outta here!. Blue group hint: Working one’s way up to the majors.. Purple group hint: Unscramble these words.. Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups. Yellow group: Slang for home run.. Green group: MLB home run leaders in 2025.. Blue group: Minor league baseball leagues.. Purple group: Anagrams of MLB teams.. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words. What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?. The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for March 26, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET. The yellow words in today’s Connections. The theme is slang for home run. The four answers are dinger, homer, jack and round-tripper.. The green words in today’s Connections. The theme is MLB home run leaders in 2025. The four answers are Judge, Ohtani, Raleigh and Schwarber.. The blue words in today’s Connections. The theme is minor league baseball leagues. The four answers are Carolina, International, Pacific Coast and Texas.. The purple words in today’s Connections. The theme is anagrams of MLB teams. The four answers are Bucs (Cubs), parties (Pirates), spread (Padres) and stem (Mets).. Toughest Connections: Sports Edition categories. The Connections: Sports Edition puzzle can be tough, but it really depends on which sports you know the most about. My husband aces anything having to do with Formula 1, my best friend is a hockey buff, and I can answer any question about Minnesota teams.. That said, it’s hard to pick the toughest Connections categories, but here are some I found exceptionally mind-blowing.. #1: Serie A Clubs. Answers: Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio, Roma.. #2: WNBA MVPs. Answers: Catchings, Delle Donne, Fowles and Stewart.. #3: Premier League team nicknames. Answers: Bees, Cherries, Foxes and Hammers.. #4: Homophones of NBA player names. Answers: Barns, Connect, Heart and Hero.  

​Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.. Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has a good blend of easy categories (especially the green one) and really tough ones (purple, of course). 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: How to get chow.. Green group hint: Motor City jocks.. Blue group hint: Where you vote.. Purple group hint: San Diego Chargers logo.. Answers for today’s Connections groups. Yellow group: Food procurement methods.. Green group: Member of a Detroit sports team.. Blue group: Features of a classic voting booth.. Purple group: They have bolts.. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words. What are today’s Connections answers?. The completed NYT Connections puzzle for March 26, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET. The yellow words in today’s Connections. The theme is food procurement methods. The four answers are agriculture, fishing, gathering and hunting.. The green words in today’s Connections. The theme is member of a Detroit sports team. The four answers are Lion, Piston, Red Wing and Tiger.. The blue words in today’s Connections. The theme is features of a classic voting booth. The four answers are ballot, booth, curtain and lever.. The purple words in today’s Connections. The theme is they have bolts. The four answers are Frankenstein’s monster, hardware store, lightning and lock.. Toughest Connections puzzles. We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.. #5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.. #4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.. #3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.. #2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.. #1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.  

​Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.. Today’s Wordle puzzle is kind of an unusual word, though the letters are fairly common. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.. Read more: New Study Reveals Wordle’s Top 10 Toughest Words of 2025. Today’s Wordle hints. Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.. Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats. Today’s Wordle answer has no repeated letters.. Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels. Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels.. Wordle hint No. 3: First letter. Today’s Wordle answer begins with B.. Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter. Today’s Wordle answer ends with T.. Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning. Today’s Wordle answer can refer to being appropriate or suited for something.. TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER. Today’s Wordle answer is BEFIT.. Yesterday’s Wordle answer. Yesterday’s Wordle answer, March 25, No. 1740, was WISER.. Recent Wordle answers. March 21, No. 1736: SLICK. March 22, No. 1737: BASIL. March 23, No. 1738: SERIF. March 24, No. 1739: BROOD  

​I’m so happy you’re here, and I hope we’re all doing a great job showing you the coolest Big Spring Sale deals here. CNET’s shopping experts are also working on a ton of other things this week, and I’m going to highlight a couple of them for you here. We’re tracking everything from vacuums to gaming accessories and just about everything in between.. This may be Amazon’s event, and there are plenty of great Amazon deals you can check out here, but there are some great deals at Walmart to take a look at as well. Best Buy also has a sale going on, though not quite as big as the other two this time.. We never pay full price for Apple tech in this house, which is why we’re keeping an eye out for iPad deals, MacBook deals, AirPod deals and all of the savings you can currently find on your next iPhone. Not an iPhone kind of person? We’ve got you covered with other phone deals too, as well as laptops and monitors currently on sale.. There’s quite a bit you can save on during the Big Spring Sale so far, but the two areas that really stand out so far are headphone deals and savings on outdoor gear. We’ve also found some decent deals on grills and TVs, but not nearly as many.. Not interested in making a big purchase right now? No worries, there are some fantastic sales under $25 we’ve found all over the place, as well as a collection of sales on Blu-rays, and so many books. If you know where to look, there are also some solid kitchen deals, or if you’re looking to get outside and start working out more, the fitness savings aren’t bad at all.