NYT Connections November 9 2025 Answers
Puzzle #882
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
NOODLE MIRROR CRONUT MUSE COMPACT CRANIUM REFLECT TWEEZERS PUFNSTUF DENSE BRUSH TIGHT DELIBERATE LUNAR THICK NAIL FILE
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — PERSONAL GROOMING ITEMS
Green — PACKED
Blue — PONDER
Purple — STARTING WITH BIRD HOMOPHONES
PERSONAL GROOMING ITEMSBRUSH, MIRROR, NAIL FILE, TWEEZERS
PACKEDCOMPACT, DENSE, THICK, TIGHT
PONDERDELIBERATE, MUSE, NOODLE, REFLECT
STARTING WITH BIRD HOMOPHONESCRANIUM, CRONUT, LUNAR, PUFNSTUF
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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.