Find the links between the words to win today's game of Connections.gettyLooking for Sundays Connections hints and answers instead? You can find them here:Hey, folks! Welcome to the start of a new week. I hope youre well rested and raring to go.Im going to try to make it a point to give you an upbeat song at the top of the column every Monday to help you shake off the cobwebs, dance it out, and (hopefully) put a smile on your face.This week, Id like you to check out Daft Punks new single "Get Lucky" if you get the chance. Sound of the summer. (This is a bit.)But instead of the original, which remains an utterly brilliant song, this time around lets go with a fun cover by New York Brass Band, who are from, erm, England:Yep, thats put me in a good mood.Before we begin, Ive set up a discussion group for Connections and this column on Discord. We have a great little community over there and we chat about more than NYT games. Everyone who has joined has been lovely. Its a fun hangout spot.Its also the best way to give me any feedback about the column, especially on the rare(!) occasions that I mess something up.Todays NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, March 3, are coming right up.How To Play ConnectionsConnections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT website or Games app.Youre presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part.Theres only one solution for each puzzle, and youll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay.Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and youre incorrect, youll lose a life. If youre close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that youre one word away from getting it right, but youll still need to figure out which one to swap.If you make four mistakes, its game over. Lets make sure that doesnt happen with the help of some hints, and, if youre really struggling, todays Connections answers. As with Wordle and other similar games, its easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the publications Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connections, so you can go back and play any of those that you have missed.Aside from the first 60 games or so, you should be able to find my hints for each grid via Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query.What Are Todays Connections Hints?Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of todays Connections groups, Ill reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.Todays 16 words are...LEAFLOAFROLLBONESCROLLBARDINOSAURLOUNGECLUBBOLTCOINREELCHILLNUGGETRUBBLERESTAnd the hints for todays Connections groups are:Yellow group take it easyGreen group Blue group let's go round againPurple group like news etched into stone tablets and sundial wristwatchesWhat Are Todays Connections Groups?Need some extra help?Be warned: were starting to get into spoiler territory.Todays Connections groups are...Yellow group be at leisureGreen group formats of goldBlue group cylinder of materialPurple group seen in The FlintstonesWhat Are Todays Connections Answers?Spoiler alert! Dont scroll any further down the page until youre ready to find out todays Connections answers.This is your final warning!Todays Connections answers are...Yellow group be at leisure (CHILL, LOAF, LOUNGE, REST)Green group formats of gold (BAR, COIN, LEAF, NUGGET)Blue group cylinder of material (BOLT, REEL, ROLL, SCROLL)Purple group seen in The Flintstones (BONE, CLUB, DINOSAUR, RUBBLE)Yabba dabba doo! A perfect game brought me up to six wins in a row. Here's how I fared: I had no trouble at all with this one. Spotting NUGGET and COIN close to each other led me toward the greens. That clue was a little easy, but I couldn't resist.Oddly enough, I had an inkling about the purples from BONE and RUBBLE before I considered that DINOSAUR made total sense to go with them.The grid was then very kind to me as it placed the blues and yellows on separate rows. I identified them both at the same time, I guess!I didnt really consider any red herrings this time. Maybe there were some, but I'm trying to look forward, not backward. (Seriously, I didn't spot any at all today.)Thats all there is to it for todays Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Tuesdays game if you need them.P.S. I used to watch The Flintstones all the time as a kid. Even some 30 years after the original series came to an end in the '60s, it was always on TV, either on one of the regular channels or (I think) Cartoon Network.Its been a long time since Ive watched the show and Im sure there are parts of it that dont hold up particularly well. But that theme song will remain buried in my skull for the rest of my life. Its an all-time great TV theme song. The version at the end of each episode was terrific too:Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Call someone you love!If youre so inclined, please follow my blog for more coverage of Connections and other word games and even some video game news, insights and analysis. 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