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Johnny Dee
Contributions from
Marc McLaren
25 September 2025
My clues will help you solve the NYT’s Connections puzzle today and keep that streak going
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Today’s words
Hint #1: Group hints
Hint #2: Group answers
Today’s answers
Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, September 25 (game #837).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NYT Connections today (game #838) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
NYT Connections today (game #838) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Mixing methods
GREEN: Unclear
BLUE: Yogi’s relatives
PURPLE: Opposite of “clean”
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
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NYT Connections today (game #838) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: STIR VIGOROUSLY
GREEN: HARD TO MAKE OUT
BLUE: KINDS OF BEARS
PURPLE: DIRTY____
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NYT Connections today (game #838) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #838, are…
YELLOW: STIR VIGOROUSLY
GREEN: HARD TO MAKE OUT
BLUE: KINDS OF BEARS
PURPLE: DIRTY____
My rating: Hard
My score: 1 mistake
I thought I was seeing lots of different types of ale among today’s tiles, but my group of BLONDE, BROWN, BLACK and PALE was thankfully way off the mark.
Instead of PALE ale I connected the other words in HARD TO MAKE OUT before seeing the link with STIR VIGOROUSLY – I have watched enough cooking shows to see the commonality between BEAT, CREAM, WHIP, and WHISK.
DIRTY____ was beyond me – if it had included “fries” then I may have seen it. But thankfully, my bear knowledge was enough to get me across the line.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, September 25, game #837)
YELLOW: LEFT-LEANING, POLITICALLY BLUE, LEFT, LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE
GREEN: ICE CREAM PARLOR ORDERS CONE, CUP, SHAKE, SPLIT
BLUE: MATT DAMON MOVIES, WITH “THE” DEPARTED, GOOD SHEPHERD, MARTIAN, RAINMAKER
PURPLE: NAMED “APOLLO” FICTIONAL BOXER, GREEK/ROMAN GOD, SPACECRAFT, THEATER
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs’ eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna’s addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.
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