NYT Connections September 11 2025 Answers
Puzzle #823
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
BOX POINT WHOPPER SCRATCH SNICKER PLATE MOUND WHALE MAR STARE MAMMOTH DING BASE COLOSSUS DENT WHISPER
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — BLEMISH
Green — BEHEMOTH
Blue — RUDE THINGS TO DO
Purple — ON A BASEBALL FIELD
BLEMISHDENT, DING, MAR, SCRATCH
BEHEMOTHCOLOSSUS, MAMMOTH, WHALE, WHOPPER
RUDE THINGS TO DOPOINT, SNICKER, STARE, WHISPER
ON A BASEBALL FIELDBASE, BOX, MOUND, PLATE
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.