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NYT Connections December 19 2025 Answers

Puzzle #922

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

COOK DATA WORF LABOR BIRTH ENERGY DELIVERY PEER INTELLIGENCE EDUCATION GO OUT INFORMATION DOC DETAILS COMMERCE LEFTOVERS

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — FINDINGS
Green — DINNER OPTIONS
Blue — U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS
Purple — HOMOPHONES OF PLACES TO PARK A SHIP
FINDINGSDATA, DETAILS, INFORMATION, INTELLIGENCE
DINNER OPTIONSCOOK, DELIVERY, GO OUT, LEFTOVERS
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTSCOMMERCE, EDUCATION, ENERGY, LABOR
HOMOPHONES OF PLACES TO PARK A SHIPBIRTH, DOC, PEER, WORF
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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.