March 24 Connections Puzzle Challenges Players with Thematic Categories

The New York Times' daily word association game continues to engage players with its latest puzzle featuring creative and varied themes.

Connections is a popular daily puzzle game by The New York Times, launched in June 2023, where players group 16 words into four thematic categories.
The March 24, 2025, puzzle (#652) featured categories: 'Bad-Smelling,' 'Unfluctuating,' 'Who Video Games Are For, Per ESRB Ratings,' and 'Things With Layers.'
Words in the puzzle included 'Foul,' 'Constant,' 'Everyone,' and 'Onion,' with each category assigned a difficulty level from Yellow (easiest) to Purple (hardest).
Players have four attempts to correctly group the words, with the game revealing answers after the final incorrect guess.
The game’s engaging mix of logic, strategy, and wordplay has cemented its status as the New York Times' second-most popular game after Wordle.