NYT Connections December 12 2025 Answers
Puzzle #915
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
HOUSE CLOCK EAR FLAP BULB WAVE HEAD YEAR FOOT STORE BLOW SPEAR HOLD SWAY ZODIAC KEEP
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — CONTAIN
Green — MOVE IN THE WIND
Blue — VEGETABLE UNITS
Purple — THINGS THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO TWELVE SEGMENTS
CONTAINHOLD, HOUSE, KEEP, STORE
MOVE IN THE WINDBLOW, FLAP, SWAY, WAVE
VEGETABLE UNITSBULB, EAR, HEAD, SPEAR
THINGS THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO TWELVE SEGMENTSCLOCK, FOOT, YEAR, ZODIAC
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.