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NYT Connections October 4 2025 Answers

Puzzle #846

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

FORTUNE STAR DARN RAINBOW RATS BLOW SUGAR PATCH BLAST STITCH ARTS GALE MEND OATMEAL GUST TSAR

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — FIX A HOLE IN CLOTHING
Green — RUSH OF WIND
Blue — ANAGRAMS
Purple — KINDS OF COOKIES
FIX A HOLE IN CLOTHINGDARN, MEND, PATCH, STITCH
RUSH OF WINDBLAST, BLOW, GALE, GUST
ANAGRAMSARTS, RATS, STAR, TSAR
KINDS OF COOKIESFORTUNE, OATMEAL, RAINBOW, SUGAR
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.