NYT Connections November 25 2025 Answers
Puzzle #898
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
MICKEY MOUSE BUG BITE HAPPY MEAL BARBIE DREAMHOUSE LOTTERY TICKET GLAD-HAND RINKY-DINK MERRY-GO-ROUND CHERRY BLOSSOM TRIVIAL SUNNY-SIDE UP CALAMINE LOTION VINYL RECORD FLAMINGO TWO-BIT YOUR HEAD
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — SMALL-TIME
Green — THINGS THAT ARE PINK
Blue — THINGS YOU CAN SCRATCH
Purple — STARTING WITH OPTIMISTIC WORDS
SMALL-TIMEMICKEY MOUSE, RINKY-DINK, TRIVIAL, TWO-BIT
THINGS THAT ARE PINKBARBIE DREAMHOUSE, CALAMINE LOTION, CHERRY BLOSSOM, FLAMINGO
THINGS YOU CAN SCRATCHBUG BITE, LOTTERY TICKET, VINYL RECORD, YOUR HEAD
STARTING WITH OPTIMISTIC WORDSGLAD-HAND, HAPPY MEAL, MERRY-GO-ROUND, SUNNY-SIDE UP
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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.