NYT Connections December 22 2025 Answers
Puzzle #925
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
RUSH PIN PLAYING LATER GREETING CYA RASH COMING WAVE BUSINESS FUTURE BROW WHIT FOLLOWING MEMBERSHIP SURGE
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — INFLUX
Green — SUBSEQUENT
Blue — KINDS OF CARDS
Purple — COLORS MINUS LAST LETTER
INFLUXRASH, RUSH, SURGE, WAVE
SUBSEQUENTCOMING, FOLLOWING, FUTURE, LATER
KINDS OF CARDSBUSINESS, GREETING, MEMBERSHIP, PLAYING
COLORS MINUS LAST LETTERBROW, CYA, PIN, WHIT
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution
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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.