Looking for a hint for today’s Connections puzzle? Below, we have clues to help you unlock whichever category has you stumped for the puzzle on March 20, 2025.

Connections first launched on the New York Times in June 2023. The premise is deceptively simple: Players have to find the thematic connection of four groups of four words … without making more than four mistakes.

Today’s Connections has categories about nature’s bathtubs and encased wonders.

Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #648, on March 20.

A hint for each Connections category today, March 20

Yellow group hint: Making thoughts known

Green group hint: Like a loch

Blue group hint: Connecting devices

Purple group hint: Could also be fizzy drinks

A word in each Connections category today, March 20

Yellow group word: Vocal

Green group word: Strait

Blue group word: Umbilical

Purple group word: Lightning

Connections categories today, March 20

Yellow group category: Outspoken

Green group category: Bodies of water

Blue group category: Types of cord

Purple group category: Things in bottles

Here are the answers to Connections today, March 20

What are the yellow words in today’s Connections? 

Outspoken: Direct, frank, loud, vocal

What are the green words in today’s Connections? 

Bodies of water: Bay, channel, sound, strait

What are the blue words in today’s Connections? 

Types of cord: Bungee, extension, spinal, umbilical

What are the purple words in today’s Connections? 

Things in bottles: Genie, lightning, message, ship

Deanna Janes