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SAVE $80: As of March 14, you can get the Bose QuietComfort Ultra noise-cancelling headphones for $349, down from $429, at Amazon. That's an $80 discount.

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You can’t really beat a good pair of noise-canceling headphones, especially when they're from a brand as reputable as Bose (and when they're on sale, to boot).

As of March 14, you can score a pair of Bose QuietComfort Ultra noise-canceling headphones for just $349 at Amazon. That’s an $80 discount and just about $20 difference from the headphones' all-time low.

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The Bose QuietComfort Ultra feature spatial audio with CustomTune technology for a personalized sound experience, three noise cancellation modes to choose from, and up to 24 hours of battery life. You can also get up to 2.5 hours (up to 2 hours with Immersive Audio) of playback with just 15 minutes of quick charging.

With touch controls on each earcup, you can adjust the volume, skip tracks, and answer calls without having to reach for your phone.

SAVE $330.58: As of March 14, get the Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar for $568.42 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $899. That's a discount of 37% and the lowest price we've seen.

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Watching your favorite TV shows and movies at home means you likely have a great setup to enhance your programming. If you're still relying on your TV's built-in audio, you might be missing out on some of the more important parts, like quieter dialogue or more nuanced scenes. With that in mind, it's a good idea to try a soundbar for those reasons and more.

As of March 14, you can get the Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar for $568.42 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $899. That's $330.58 off and a discount of 37%. It's also the lowest price we've seen.

This Bluetooth soundbar features Dolby Atmos and voice control, so you can attach it to your devices wirelessly and get it set up quickly. It also uses Bose TrueSpace to help separate sounds and spread them around your room to give you a more immersive environment. Plus, Dialogue Mode, which is powered by AI, helps to balance voices and other sounds to give you better clarity when it comes to speaking scenes.

The soundbar also can sync with Alexa, so you can control it straight from your smart home hub, or you can pair it with other Bose products, like select Bose headphones thanks to Bose SimpleSync. There are plenty of ways to interact with it, so you can have sound delivered however it makes sense to you at the time.

If you're ready to change the way you experience your media, don't miss out on this significant discount.

SAVE $100: As of March 14, you can get the Apple Watch Series 10 for $329, down from $429 at Amazon. That's a 23% discount and $100 off the list price. It's also the lowest price we've seen for this model yet.

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If you’re looking for a better way to keep track of your steps, monitor your heart rate, and stay connected without being glued to your phone, the Apple Watch Series 10 might be just what you need. And, right now it’s $100 off at Amazon.

As of March 14, you can get the Apple Watch Series 10 (GPS, 46mm) for just $329 at Amazon. That’s 23% off the list price, a $100 price cut, and the lowest price we’ve seen on this model yet.

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The Apple Watch Series 10 has a larger display than previous models (up to 30% more screen area), a thinner and lighter design, and advanced health and fitness features, including fall and crash detection. It has an all-day battery life and can charge to 80% in 30 minutes, 15 minutes for up to eight hours, and just eight minutes for up to eight hours of sleep tracking.

It’s also water resistant up to 50 meters, so you can track your swims (if you’re into that) and even wear it in the shower.

SAVE $180: Get the Acer Chromebook Plus 515 for $319 at Best Buy, down from its usual price of $499.

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Need something small and portable to take around with you? A regular laptop might be a bit too cumbersome, so a Chromebook is a great alternative. And if you're needing to make the switch fast, you might want to head on over to Best Buy, where you can find an excellent option at a significant price cut.

As of March 14, get the Acer Chromebook Plus 515 (Intel Core i13-125U, Intel UHD Graphics, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) for $319, down from its usual price of $499. That's a discount of $180.

This is the latest model of this particular Chromebook, and it boasts a 15.6-inch FHD touchscreen panel so you can treat it something like a tablet when you need to. It also has a 2566GB SSD so there's more than enough storage space for all your files, as well as an Intel Core i3-1215U processor and 8GB of RAM so it's as zippy as you need it to be for whatever you're working on.

You'll get about 8 hours of battery life, and this model also supports Google's Gemini AI suite, so it can help with a variety of machine-assisted tasks, should you need them. It's sturdy, lightweight, and Chromebook means you don't have to worry about installing a variety of apps to get things done.

For working on the go, catching your favorite show when you've got some time to yourself, or just browsing online, this is a great contender that you don't have to spend a lot of cash on, so grab it while you still can.

Tired of having to figure out how to watch your favorite live news, reality shows, and sports? By the time you piece together which streaming bundle is right for you, your show’s likely to be half over. Why not sign up for Sling TV today and save half off your first month instead?

Sling is one of the most affordable live TV streaming services out there, and it’s a cheaper alternative to cable. Sling’s two main plans — Sling Orange and Sling Blue — both offer 28 of the same live TV channels, including CNN, BET, Comedy Central, and the Food Network, plus you can rent movies and fire up on-demand content across all your devices.

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Both plans are also a steal right now at $23 for your first month and $45.99 a month after that, so nab the perfect Sling plan and press play already.

Sling Orange has live NCAA and Disney Channel

If sports and family movie nights are your jam, Sling Orange is a slam dunk. It comes loaded with over 30 live channels, including seven exclusive channels that slay with sports fans and kiddos, such as live NCAA and NBA games on ESPN, the Disney Channel, and old-school flicks on Freeform.

Sling Blue packs news, football, and reality TV

Sling Blue comes in swinging with over 40 live channels, including 15 exclusive channels such as MSNBC, NFL Network, Fox Sports 1, and Bravo. If you always have the news going or can’t live without your football or reality TV, Sling Blue delivers. You can also watch your shows on up to three devices at once, which is a nice perk.

Dial it in with Extras and premium channels

If you’re having a hard time deciding which Sling plan is the best fit — just go to the site, choose the channels you watch, and Sling will recommend a base plan. Next, customize your lineup even more by adding “Extras” — such as Sports Extra, Entertainment Extra, or News Extra — as well as premium channels like Paramount + with Showtime, for an added fee. 

Sling TV gives you more of the channels you love and no long-term contracts, hidden fees, or complex tech. Start watching today, starting at just $23 your first month.

There are some days that start off bland and then spin strangely and sensationally to change your life forever — for the better.

Jay Duplass' The Baltimorons is about such an extraordinary day. Co-writing this comedy with leading man Michael Strassner, director Duplass crafts a journey that is an absolute side-tickling and soul-enriching delight — and it all begins with a broken tooth. 

After a robust slate of productions with his brother Mark Duplass — recently including Penelope and The Creep Tapes — this is Jay's first solo venture. Yet he stays true to the Duplass' mumblecore roots. The Baltimorons is proudly a low-budget, character-driven comedy starring actors who look less like movie stars and more like the folks you see at any given grocery store. However, the humor blooms more broadly than the mumblecore of their Puffy Chair and Baghead origins, with leads Michael Strassner and Liz Larsen, who are absolutely enchanting as an unlikely but undeniably dynamic duo brought together by happenstance and held together by good fun. Together, they craft a chemistry that steadily bubbles into an eruption of shenanigans and joy. 

The Baltimorons is a classic comedy out of the gate. 

Duplass has found a top-notch collaborator in Strassner, whose comedic timing and scruffy charisma are absolutely extraordinary as outgoing Baltimore local Cliff Cashen. A thirtysomething former improv comedian — who was once on the brink of breaking through on a certain New York sketch show — Cliff is six months sober on Christmas Eve, with his fiancée (Olivia Luccardi) urging him to attend a family dinner and his old troupe begging him to come back to the stage for a show that night. Both possibilities for festive fun are threatened when Cliff accidentally breaks a tooth, forcing him to embark upon a side quest for a dentist who'll see to his emergency on a holiday. 

Enter Dr. Didi Dahl (Liz Larsen), a sixtysomething, no-nonsense divorcee with a sharp sensibility and a tender heart. Doped up on laughing gas, an unguarded Cliff can't help but remark on how pretty Didi is and how nice she smells. Dr. Dahl has little patience for this teddy bear of a younger man — at least until his car gets towed. Then her cool exterior cracks into a warm grin as she plays Good Samaritan with some well-meaning mischief. Didi's plans for the holiday have been ruined by her selfish ex-husband, but following Cliff's lead takes her down an unexpected path of discovery, low-level crimes, juicy payback, and second chances. 

At first glance, these characters seem to have nothing in common. He's a sweet and funny but lost millennial, who's left his comedy dreams behind to become — maybe — a mortgage broker. She's a boomer, hardened by a soured marriage and a demanding career, but can't deny the charms of this beguiling goofball — even if she says he's a "real Eddie Haskell … full of shit!" There's a tantalizing chemistry in the way they banter, not letting each other get away with anything. And as tempted as I am to give an example by laying out a punchline about holiday weight, it's just too good in context to spoil. Let's just say it's thrilling to watch two strangers truly see each other, and mutually delight in that discovery.

Michael Strassner is a comedy star in the making. 

There's a jolly gameness to Strassner's comedic persona that is instantly charming, making even an early joke about a failed suicide attempt joltingly funny in his hands. Strassner has a vaguely Bill Murray-ish quality about his humor, whether in moments of buffoonery or taboo subject matter. Yet he doesn't carry the smug self-assurance of '80s Murray, instead brandishing a cherry-cheeked vulnerability that makes The Baltimorons feel deeply of this moment. Cliff is a modern man, grappling with thwarted dreams, personal failures, and a confounding path to the future. But he does so with an open heart and a smart mouth that makes for brightly hilarious scenes, whether Cliff's doing schtick with a thick Baltimore accent or trying to impress some rude Ravens fans. 

Liz Larsen is his perfect scene partner. There are shades of Edie Falco's Carmela Soprano in her "don't mess with me" energy, signaling that Didi has been burned before and isn't looking to get hurt again. But when Larsen smiles, you can see the hopeless romantic who still yearns in Didi's heart. She becomes radiant, whether pressing Cliff to take a big risk or barking orders from a crabbing boat. Their adventure takes them all over Baltimore, from quiet residential streets to sketchy parking lots, bustling holiday parties, and a spot offering a serene view of the water. Along the way, we feel lucky to be along for the ride, nestled in by Duplass' subtle but strong world-building of his characters' Baltimore.

Essentially, The Baltimorons is a celebration of those moments when — despite all the reasons to shield ourselves from a cruel world — we open up to a new friend. It's about the magic in being vulnerable, not out of naiveté but out of hope.

The screenplay by Duplass and Strassner neatly captures the excitement and tension of such a social gamble, balancing moments of heartache and comic elation. Strassner and Larsen bring this theme to vivid life with portrayals that play similarly to Duplass' odd-couple comedies like Somebody Somewhere and Biosphere. Which is all to say, The Baltimorons is an absolute gem. Deftly modern and smartly self-aware, it's not only one of the best things I saw out of SXSW, but assuredly one of the best films of 2025. 

The Baltimorons was reviewed out of its World Premiere at the 2025 SXSW film and TV conference.

SAVE $72: As of March 14, the Garmin vívoactive 5 smartwatch is on sale at Best Buy for $227.99. That's 24% off its list price of $299.99.

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If you've been looking for a way to keep track of your health and fitness goals, a smartwatch is a great investment. While a lot of them can be quite pricy, occasionally you can score one on sale at a price that's worth taking advantage of. That's the case at the moment with the Garmin vívoactive 5 in slate aluminum and black, which has had a very nice $72 discount at Best Buy.

This has dropped the price of the Garmin vívoactive 5 from $299.99 to $227.99. If you've been hoping to pick up a smartwatch but didn't want to spend too much cash on a model, this is a deal worth jumping on. The Garmin vívoactive 5 has plenty to offer.

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Boasting a vibrant AMOLED display, the Garmin vívoactive 5 will provide you with insights into your sleep patterns, stress levels, workouts, and more. It has a feature called Body Battery that gives you a better understanding of your energy levels, and it even has health features like a heart rate monitor, fitness age, and more. It even has up to 11 days of battery life, so you won't have to worry too much about keeping it charged up frequently.

Save some cash and stay on top of your goals with this deal on the Garmin vívoactive 5 at Best Buy.

This isn't the only smartwatch deal that's available right now, though. If you want a tracker that's more focused around running, the Garmin Forerunner 55 is also on sale right now at Best Buy and if you want to go all-out on a fancy new smartwatch, the Apple Watch Series 10 is discounted at Amazon at the moment.

What does an eclipse look like from the moon? Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander just sent back a stunning image from the lunar surface.

The commercial space company's lander, which touched down on the moon without a hitch on March 2 as part of a mission for NASA, took a high-definition image of the eclipse from its top deck in the early hours of Friday — and it's mighty beautiful.

"Blue Ghost got her first diamond ring! Captured at our landing site in the Moon’s Mare Crisium around 3:30 am CDT, the photo shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth," Firefly Aerospace wrote online. (A "diamond ring" effect happens during a total solar eclipse when the sun just begins to appear from behind Earth; it also happens just before Earth totally blocks the sun.)

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From our perch on Earth, it was a total lunar eclipse, and from the moon it was a total solar eclipse. These unique events happen when the sun, Earth, and moon align, allowing Earth to cast a shadow on the moon and block most sunlight from reaching the lunar surface. But our planet's atmosphere still allows red wavelengths of light to squeeze through and travel through space, illuminating the moon in reddish, rusty, orangish, or crimson colors.

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According to the company, it's "the first time in history a commercial company will be actively operating on the Moon and able to observe a total solar eclipse where the Earth blocks the sun and casts a shadow on the lunar surface."

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Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 launched on Jan. 15 and landed on the moon on March 2 after a 45-day trip — and the photos Blue Ghost has been sending back are breathtaking. In the above photo, you can also see the Blue Ghost lander's NASA equipment, including a Lunar Environment heliospheric X-ray Imager, Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder mast, and X-band antenna.

On Friday, Firefly also posted an image taken on March 3, the day after Blue Ghost landed on the moon. It's a view of Earth taken with the lander's wide-lens camera.

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Firefly is now the first commercial spacecraft to land fully successfully on the moon, and Mashable has been covering every last element of the mission.

SAVE $50: As of March 14, the Sonos Era 100 smart speaker is on sale at Amazon for $199. That's 20% off its list price of $249.

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Whether you're using it for listening to music or are looking to create a surround sound setup, a high-quality speaker can be a great addition to your home. The Sonos Era 100, in particular, offers excellent sound quality for both situations. As someone who owns two of these speakers, I absolutely love using them for movie nights to create a more immersive experience. It's a speaker that's worth every cent, in my opinion. If you've been hoping to pick it up, now's a great time to do it at a discounted rate.

The Sonos Era 100 has dropped from its list price of $249 to $199, saving you 20% overall. According to price tracker camelcamelcamel, this marks a return to its lowest-ever price. It's currently listed as a limited-time deal, so you'll want to act fast to scoop it up at this price. Both the black and white models are discounted, so you can choose the speaker that will best blend in with your home's style.

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The Sonos Era 100 is a real treat when it comes to sound quality. Music sounds great coming out of it, but I especially love having both of my speakers paired with the Sonos soundbar underneath my TV. They make any movie, TV show, or video game feel more immersive with sound coming from all around the room. As a bonus, they have a compact size that fits really nicely on a bookshelf or tabletop.

If you've been looking for a speaker upgrade, this deal on the Sonos Era 100 is well worth jumping on while it's still available.

There are a couple more speaker deals that are worth checking out right now. The Sony XG300 portable Bluetooth speaker has gotten a great discount at Best Buy and the Bose SoundLink Revolve+ (Series II) speaker is on sale at Amazon.

SAVE $100: As of March 14, Sony's WH-1000XM4 headphones are on sale at Amazon for $248. That's 29% off their list price of $348.

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Sony headphones are always worth picking up if you've been looking for an upgrade. Some come with a hefty price tag, but every once in a while a deal comes along that's worth taking advantage of. And as of March 14, Amazon is offering a great deal on the Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones.

The Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones have dropped from their list price of $348 to $248. This saves you $100 on list price. This deal is marked as a limited-time offer, so if they've caught your eye, you'll want to act fast to score them at this price. You can save on the midnight blue, black, and silver models.

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These headphones offer excellent sound quality and active noise cancelation with Dual Noise Sensor technology so you can be fully immersed in your favorite sounds while wearing them. Not to mention, they offer up to 30 hours of battery life. We even consider them the best overall pick in our roundup of the best wireless headphones, with Mashable's Miller Kern saying, "The Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones have superior sound quality and noise cancellation. They're comparable to the Sennheiser PXC 550-II headphones, but have a more stylish look in our opinion — the ear cups are less bulky."

This limited-time deal won't last for long. Grab the Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones for $248 while they're still discounted at Amazon.

If you're looking for more headphone and earbud deals, you can also save on the Beats Studio Pro right now at Best Buy and the AirPods 4 (without ANC) have dropped below $100 at Amazon.

SAVE $30: As of March 14, Apple AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation are on sale for $149.99 at Best Buy. That’s $30 off their usual price of $179.99. The deal ends March 16.

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There are two types of people in this world. Those who lose their AirPods constantly and those who don’t own AirPods yet. If you’re in the second camp or just tired of using the single earbud you still haven’t lost, now’s a good time to fix that. Best Buy has Apple’s AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation for $149.99, knocking $30 off the usual price of $179.99. This deal disappears after March 16 so don't think about it for too long.

For under $150 you’re getting active noise cancellation, which is kind of a big deal. Standard AirPods let in just about every sound around you. Dog barking, baby crying, someone on the train having a full-volume FaceTime call with no headphones. AirPods 4 ANC blocks noise out so you can enjoy your music, podcasts, or just the sound of sweet, sweet silence.

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But there’s always that moment when you need to hear what’s going on. Like when your name gets called at the coffee shop or when someone at work starts a sentence with “Not to add to your workload, but…” That’s where Environmental Noise Control comes in, letting outside sound in when you need it.

Battery life is decent but not groundbreaking. You’ll get four hours per charge, which is fine for commuting but might have you reaching for the case during a long-haul flight. Speaking of the case, it bumps the total battery life up to 20 hours, so as long as you remember to drop them in between uses, you’ll be fine. Charging is USB-C because Apple finally decided we don’t need 17 different cables for their products (and they got forced to).

• Price: $149.99 $179.99

• Retailer: Best Buy

• Noise Cancelling: Yes (Active)

• Wireless: Yes (Bluetooth 5.3, True Wireless)

• Water Resistant: Yes

• Battery Life: 4 hours (20 hours with case)

• Charging: USB-C Case

• Voice Assistant: Works with Siri

• Deal Ends: March 16, 2025

These AirPods also come with Bluetooth 5.3, meaning they’ll pair instantly with your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. No fiddling with settings required. And if you’re someone who actually uses Siri (I respect you, but I don’t understand you), they work seamlessly with voice commands.

Are there cheaper wireless earbuds out there? Sure. But are they AirPods, with Apple’s seamless pairing, noise cancellation, and ecosystem perks? No. That’s why these are worth considering, especially at $149.99 up until March 16.

Being relentlessly haunted by a monstrous woman wouldn't be all that much fun, but at least in the trailer for 825 Forest Road the victims have each other.

Hell House LLC writer/director Stephen Cognetti's movie sees a man moving into a new town, only to discover that the locals have something of a ghost problem — and there's even a support group where they sit in a circle and discuss what to do about it. It sounds almost like it could be a comedy, but the video above is all horror.

825 Forest Road is streaming on Shudder from April 4.

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

SEE ALSO: Hurdle: Everything you need to know to find the answers Hurdle Word 1 hint

Islam's holiest city.

SEE ALSO: Apple’s new M3 MacBook Air is $300 off at Amazon. And yes, I’m tempted. Hurdle Word 1 answer

MECCA

Hurdle Word 2 hint

Useful.

SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for March 14, 2025 Hurdle Word 2 Answer

HANDY

Hurdle Word 3 hint

Infected with rabies.

SEE ALSO: NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for March 14 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 14, 2025 Hurdle Word 3 answer

RABID

Hurdle Word 4 hint

Something nonsensical.

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SILLY

Final Hurdle hint

A powerful person.

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MOGUL

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The Life of Chuck, Mike Flanagan's latest adaptation of a Stephen King story, made waves during its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) last year — and now we have our first proper glimpse of the film via a teaser trailer.

The film, which Mashable's Kristy Puchko describes as "surprising and upsetting, funny and profound" in her review, and which King himself called "one of the good ones", follows a man who's haunted by billboards that all contain an image of a strange man named Chuck.

The Life of Chuck is in theatres in June.

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

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By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for March 14 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 14 NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Fillin' good!

These words are related to desserts.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

The words are delicious in crust.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is ClassicPies.

Featured Video For You Strands 101: How to win NYT’s latest word game NYT Strands word list for March 14

• Blueberry

• Pecan

• Pumpkin

• Apple

• Cherry

• Peach

• ClassicPies

Looking for other daily online games? Mashable's Games page has more hints, and if you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now!

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Strands.

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable What is Connections Sports Edition?

The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

Here's a hint for today's Connections Sports Edition categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Reasons a flag is thrown

• Green: Used in field events

• Blue: Skiing events

• Purple: Scoring without help

Featured Video For You Connections: How to play and how to win Here are today's Connections Sports Edition categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Football penalties

• Green: Track and field equipment

• Blue: Freestyle skiing forms

• Purple: Scores worth one point

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections Sports Edition #172 is...

What is the answer to Connections Sports Edition today

• Football penalties - FACE MASK, FALSE START, HOLDING, OFFSIDE

• Track and field equipment - BATON, DISCUS, HURDLE, STARTING BLOCK

• Freestyle skiing forms - AERIALS, CROSS, HALF-PIPE, MOGULS

• Scores worth one point - EXTRA POINT, FREE THROW, ROUGE, SOLO HOME RUN

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

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Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

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Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: To require a fee

• Green: Small items near a cash register

• Blue: Movies with different spans

• Purple: Same second word

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Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Impose, as a penalty

• Green: Checkout line impulse buys

• Blue: Movies of various lengths

• Purple: ___ Road

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Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections #642 is...

What is the answer to Connections today

• Impose, as a penalty: ASSESS, CHARGE, FINE, LEVY

• Checkout line impulse buys: CANDY, CHAPSTICK, CHARGING CABLE, MAGAZINE

• Movies of various lengths: EPIC, FEATURE, FILM SERIES, SHORT

• ___ Road: DIRT, HIGH, ROCKY, SILK

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to today's Connections.

Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once. 

Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.

What's the best Wordle starting word?

The best Wordle starting word is the one that speaks to you. But if you prefer to be strategic in your approach, we have a few ideas to help you pick a word that might help you find the solution faster. One tip is to select a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants like S, T, R, or N.

What happened to the Wordle archive?

The entire archive of past Wordle puzzles was originally available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it, but it was later taken down, with the website's creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times. However, the New York Times then rolled out its own Wordle Archive, available only to NYT Games subscribers.

Is Wordle getting harder?

It might feel like Wordle is getting harder, but it actually isn't any more difficult than when it first began. You can turn on Wordle's Hard Mode if you're after more of a challenge, though.

SEE ALSO: NYT's The Mini crossword answers for March 14, 2025 Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

A section.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

The letter e appears twice.

Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...

Today's Wordle starts with the letter P.

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Get your last guesses in now, because it's your final chance to solve today's Wordle before we reveal the solution.

Drumroll please!

The solution to today's Wordle is...

PIECE.

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Reporting by Chance Townsend, Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.

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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

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Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Friday, March 14, 2025:

AcrossHydroelectric project

• The answer is Dam.

Piece of the pie

• The answer is Slice.

Concern for a basement apartment

• The answer is Light.

Noted octet in higher education

• The answer is Ivies.

Fur-riend

• The answer is Pet.

DownPiece of the pi?

• The answer is Dight.

Feel the pain

• The answer is Ache.

Team that signed Juan Soto to a record-breaking 15-year, $765 million contract

• The answer is Mets.

Mess (up)

• The answer is Slip.

Like podcasts with a studio audience, say

• The answer is Live.

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Sister Midnight is a film as strange, hilarious, and unpredictable as its protagonist.

The directorial debut of London-based Indian writer/director Karan Kandhari, this wild ride of a film sends you nighttime wandering through the streets of Mumbai with a truly weird and wonderful heroine, a new bride in an arranged marriage who is as erratic and hungry as she is unfiltered.

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Kandhari masterfully embraces the monstrous-feminine to blend genres and disrupt gender role expectations, set to a simmering score by Interpol's Paul Banks in his debut as a composer, all while delivering a bloody great time at the cinema. (Seriously, watch this with a crowd.) Culminating in literal torches and pitchforks after a tremendously unhinged performance by lead Radhika Apte, Sister Midnight is truly one for the weirdos.

What is Sister Midnight about? Radhika Apte and Ashok Pathak in "Sister Midnight." Credit: Magnolia Pictures

Set in Mumbai, Sister Midnight introduces us to small-town bride Uma (Apte) as she arrives in the city for an arranged marriage to Gopal (Ashok Pathak). They're both very awkward people, considered social misfits by their neighbours; rude whispers about them being the "village idiots" are barely concealed by their peers. Freaked out by their suddenly shared living situation, they slowly form a thorny connection through circumstance, from which Kandhari builds some of the funniest moments in the film; when Gopal consummates their marriage with a swift handshake, Uma is not impressed.

Uncomfortable with her new role running a household, Uma is outspoken, disdainful, sweary, and gloriously weird — traits which make her at once a neighbourhood outcast, a mystery to her new husband, and a brilliant protagonist. Though she asks for help from her no-nonsense neighbour (Chhaya Kadam), Uma becomes bored and frustrated with her new life, seeking adventure (and employment) beyond domesticity, social oppression, and Gopal's indifference to her dramatically awkward sexual advances. Following her instincts, avoiding the daytime din and becoming lucifugous, Uma begins what will become her signature somnolent wandering through Mumbai's streets at night. Here, she finds company with a group of trans sex workers led by Aditi (Navya Sawant), who sense Uma's alienation and offer her first sense of community in the city.

Soon, however, Uma's unquenchable thirst for more becomes unnervingly literal, and despite her resistance to suddenly animalistic urges, it's here the film really draws blood, leaning into light horror and even surrealism. Is Uma's behaviour the work of a curse? Or has Uma had this power within her all along? Either way, something smells dead in here.

Sister Midnight celebrates the monstrous-feminine through deadpan comedy Credit: Magnolia Pictures

A genre-blending descent into personal chaos, Sister Midnight embraces the absurdity of deadpan comedy with creature-feature horror. As Uma unleashes her suppressed desires in a more comfortable nocturnal realm, Kandhari channels Barbara Creed's "monstrous-feminine", as the protagonist becomes increasingly unhinged but noticeably healthier after giving in to her most authentic cravings. 

Following in the feminist horror footsteps of Jean Yarbrough's Universal Monsters classic She-Wolf of London, Ana Lily Amirpour's vampire Western A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, and Julia Ducournau's coming-of-age body horror Raw, Sister Midnight has its protagonist dabbling in taboo sustenance to explore her own female liberation. And here, such a path of discovery is also deeply funny. 

A blend of Napoleon Stratogiannakis' rapid editing and Sverre Sørdal's often symmetrical cinematography uplifts the deadpan magic of Apte's performance in Sister Midnight. A scene involving a goat corpse, a trash heap, and an unaware passerby had me in stitches, as did a montage of Uma's ridiculous repeated apologies, a valiant attempt to maintain a smidge of decorum amid her bloodthirsty pursuits. Upping the surrealist ante even further, Kandhari recruits stop-motion animation to hilarious effect.

But the real heart of Kandhari's film is Apte herself, delivering one of the best comedic performances you'll see this year.

Radhika Apte gives a phenomenally unsettling performance Credit: Magnolia Pictures

As Uma, Apte plays a deeply unpredictable role. Uma's evolution into a bloodthirsty creature is not one of seduction and mystique, as such journeys are often shown on-screen. Instead, it's a frankly hilarious path of survival, practicality, and personal curiosity. 

At every turn, Uma sits or stands centre-frame in silence, considering, turning things over in her head, before suddenly springing into action — whether it's deciding to shoplift a forest of pot plants or assessing an unsuspecting goat wandering in the streets. Each moment sees Apte deliver the very same unblinking stare and primal focus, then uninterruptible determination as she hits boiling point.

By the time you've followed Uma down the path of no return, Sister Midnight becomes the type of film you won't want to leave. It's a film made for the weirdos, the misunderstood, the suppressed characters who attempt to find ways to explore their desires without having a mob at their door.

Sister Midnight is now showing in UK cinemas, with U.S. release set for May 2025.