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NYT Connections December 13 2025 Answers

Puzzle #916

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

HERCULE POIROT AJA GAUCHO PALAZZO PIAZZA ARE APOSTLE STRAWBERRY DEPOT CULOTTE GOODEN HER SEAVER MORTGAGE HAREM

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — WIDE-LEGGED PANT STYLES
Green — SILENT "T"
Blue — NEW YORK METS LEGENDS
Purple — GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES MINUS A LETTER
WIDE-LEGGED PANT STYLESCULOTTE, GAUCHO, HAREM, PALAZZO
SILENT "T"APOSTLE, DEPOT, MORTGAGE, POIROT
NEW YORK METS LEGENDSGOODEN, PIAZZA, SEAVER, STRAWBERRY
GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES MINUS A LETTERAJA, ARE, HER, HERCULE
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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.