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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle features one of those infamous purple-category topics, where you have to play around with adding letters to words. It’s fun, but challenging. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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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: Not real.
Green group hint: Fool with.
Blue group hint: Enterprise is another one.
Purple group hint: Snack foods, but with a twist.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Imitation.
Green group: Play around (with).
Blue group: Car rental companies.
Purple group: Snack brands plus starting letter.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for March 30, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is imitation. The four answers are dummy, ersatz, faux and mock.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is play around (with). The four answers are futz, mess, tinker and toy.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is car rental companies. The four answers are Avis, Budget, Dollar and Hertz.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is snack brands plus starting letter. The four answers are Fritz (ritz), plays (Lays), truffles (Ruffles) and Utz (yutz).
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.
