NYT Connections September 27 2025 Answers
Puzzle #839
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
FLIPPER FRITTER THROW KETTLE TENDER WING TRIFLE POPPER ARM WARM MICROWAVE FIDDLE STOVETOP KIND FIN SWEET
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — LOVING
Green — APPENDAGES
Blue — POPCORN-MAKING METHODS
Purple — SQUANDER, WITH “AWAY”
LOVINGKIND, SWEET, TENDER, WARM
APPENDAGESARM, FIN, FLIPPER, WING
POPCORN-MAKING METHODSKETTLE, MICROWAVE, POPPER, STOVETOP
SQUANDER, WITH “AWAY”FIDDLE, FRITTER, THROW, TRIFLE
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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.