March 24 NYT 'Connections' Puzzle Features Themes of Smells, Stability, Ratings, and Layers

The daily word game challenges players to group 16 words into four thematic categories, with today's puzzle highlighting Bad-Smelling, Unfluctuating, ESRB Ratings, and Things With Layers.

The New York Times' 'Connections' puzzle for March 24 (#652) includes themes such as Bad-Smelling and Things With Layers.
Today's word groups are Foul, Rank, Ripe, Sour (Bad-Smelling); Constant, Level, Stable, Uniform (Unfluctuating); Adults Only, Everyone, Mature, Teen (ESRB Ratings); and Earth, Henhouse, Onion, Photoshop (Things With Layers).
The puzzle assigns difficulty levels to each category, with Yellow being the easiest and Purple the hardest.
'Connections' challenges players with deceptive word groupings and limited attempts to correctly identify all four themes.
Hints for today's puzzle suggest focusing on unpleasant smells, stability, age ratings, and items with multiple layers.