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NYT Connections September 8 2025 Answers

Puzzle #820

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

FISH HIKE HUNT JACK BULL PEEL ARCHER TAIL CRANK WALK NAP BUNK BALONEY RAISE RUBBISH POWERS

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — NONSENSE
Green — INCREASE, WITH "UP"
Blue — FICTIONAL SPIES
Purple — CAT___
NONSENSEBALONEY, BULL, BUNK, RUBBISH
INCREASE, WITH "UP"CRANK, HIKE, JACK, RAISE
FICTIONAL SPIESARCHER, HUNT, PEEL, POWERS
CAT___FISH, NAP, TAIL, WALK
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.