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NYT Connections December 17 2025 Answers

Puzzle #920

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

KAYAK PILOT PLANE SHELL EVEN MADAM TRUTH CIVIC LEVEL FLUKE ODYSSEY DUGOUT LABEL RAFT FLAT ACCORD

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — HUMAN-POWERED WATERCRAFT
Green — FLUSH
Blue — HONDA MODELS
Purple — BIBLICAL FIGURES PLUS STARTING LETTER
HUMAN-POWERED WATERCRAFTDUGOUT, KAYAK, RAFT, SHELL
FLUSHEVEN, FLAT, LEVEL, PLANE
HONDA MODELSACCORD, CIVIC, ODYSSEY, PILOT
BIBLICAL FIGURES PLUS STARTING LETTERFLUKE, LABEL, MADAM, TRUTH
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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.