Connections puzzle #1007 lands on Saturday, March 14, 2026, and the NYT Games team rates it a 2 out of 5 on the difficulty scale. That means most players should be able to crack it without burning through all four mistakes — but the purple group can still trip you up if you’re not paying attention.
Quick answer: The four groups are built around foggy conditions, time-of-day periods, famous people named Morse-style, and a word that follows “hootenanny”-adjacent logic. One confirmed word per group: HAZE (yellow), TWILIGHT (green), MORSE (blue), HOOTENANNY (purple).
One-word hints for each category
If you’d rather nudge yourself toward the solution than have it handed to you, here’s one confirmed word from each color group. Try using it as a starting point to identify the other three words that belong alongside it.
| Color | Difficulty | One confirmed word |
|---|---|---|
| 🟨 Yellow | Straightforward | HAZE |
| 🟩 Green | Medium | TWILIGHT |
| 🟦 Blue | Medium | MORSE |
| 🟪 Purple | Tricky | HOOTENANNY |
Strategy for solving Connections #1007
General Connections tips that apply every day
Each puzzle presents 16 words arranged in a 4×4 grid. You need to sort them into four groups of four, where every group shares a single common thread. The catch is that many words are designed to look like they belong in multiple categories — only one arrangement is correct.
You get four mistakes before the game ends. After each correct group submission, those four words disappear from the board. Color coding runs from yellow (easiest) through green and blue (medium) to purple (hardest). The purple group almost always involves some form of wordplay or misdirection.
Shuffling the board can help. Tap the shuffle button to rearrange the words randomly — sometimes seeing two related words land next to each other is all it takes to unlock a category. If you’re stuck, try working backward from purple. Identify the four most suspicious or unusual words and test whether they share a hidden connection.
When does the next Connections puzzle drop?
Connections resets at midnight in your local time zone. Puzzle #1008 will be available as soon as the clock rolls over to Sunday, March 15, 2026. The NYT publishes a new Connections Companion for each puzzle, so hints for #1008 will follow the same schedule.
If you’re playing on the web, head to the NYT Connections page to start the puzzle. The game is also available through the NYT Games app on iOS and Android. Players with an NYT All Access or Games subscription can revisit any previous puzzle through the archive.
Puzzle #1007 sits at the gentler end of the difficulty spectrum, but don’t let that make you careless with your guesses. Use the one-word hints above to anchor each group, work from yellow to purple, and you should clear the board without breaking a sweat.
