NYT Connections September 9 2025 Answers
Puzzle #821
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
SLUG EGG COMPLETE BULL LAP SNAIL WATCH BELT OVER UNDER THROUGH HARD TACO DONE GULP M&M SHOT
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — FINISHED
Green — THINGS WITH SHELLS
Blue — SWIG
Purple — ___DOG
FINISHEDCOMPLETE, DONE, OVER, THROUGH
THINGS WITH SHELLSEGG, HARD TACO, M&M, SNAIL
SWIGBELT, GULP, SHOT, SLUG
___DOGBULL, LAP, UNDER, WATCH
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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.