Today's Connections Hints & Answers For March 16, 2024 (Puzzle #278)

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Saturday, March 16 has some brand new for us to solve, and fans of the word guessing game shouldn't have too much trouble with today's groupings. One of the more enjoyable things about is that it fits into almost every difficulty when it comes to these once-a-day games. It never feels like the same challenge day-to-day, sometimes answers reveal themselves immediately and other times you spend 20 minutes staring at the same grid of words afraid to lose that last attempt.

You've probably already wasted most of your attempts on making a connection that doesn't even exist. Or they tricked you by forcing you to pick SPONGE, BOB, SQUARE, and PANTS, even though you knew that wouldn't be the right answer. But how could you not choose those words? Is there a player alive who didn't waste their first attempt on February 7, 2024, by clicking the four perfect words that encapsulate an entire generation's childhood? Anyway, the cheats are below.

Before fully spoiling any of today's answers we wanted to provide the categories for those players who just need a little push in the right direction.

GET SMALLER

AIRLINE CLASSES

EXAMINE, AS AN APPLICANT

NOTABLE TV EPISODES

GET SMALLER

CONTRACT

LESSEN

REDUCE

SHRINK

This was our third category win for the day and despite it being the «most straightforward» we actually only scored it because the other leftover words just didn't match well with these. REDUCE and SHRINK were the obvious first players and the other two quickly fell into place.

AIRLINE CLASSES

BUSINESS

COACH

FIRST

PREMIUM

Green was our final 'leftovers' category for the day. Looking at it now it becomes obvious that they connect but because there were a bunch of other words vying for our attention, and the fact that we could never afford FIRST class anything, let alone PREMIUM, we just had to accept our «leftover words» win. Is PREMIUM better than FIRST class? I actually have no idea.

EXAMINE, AS AN APPLICANT

CHECK

REVIEW

SCREEN

VET

This was a quick score for