Issue #842 Tue 30 Sep
NYT Connections Hints & Answer — September 30, 2025
A grid requiring a steady hand and a willingness to untangle disparate threads. Expect a fair amount of back-and-forth between literal associations and linguistic curiosities.
yellow group 7 hints
Yellow group hints
The way you hold your shoulders when you are trying to act natural in a room full of strangers.
Human behavior and physical expression
Synonyms for a specific quality
Members are 5–7 letters; first letters A, S, W.
UNNATURAL, AS MANNERISMS
One is AWKWARD.
AWKWARD · STIFF · STILTED · WOODEN
green group 7 hints
Green group hints
Repeating the same phrase until the syllables lose all meaning and start to sound like nonsense.
Classic linguistic exercises
Shared components of a famous phrase
Members are 4–9 letters; first letters C, W.
WORDS IN A FAMOUS TONGUE TWISTER
One is CHUCK.
CHUCK · COULD · WOOD · WOODCHUCK
blue group 7 hints
Blue group hints
A Saturday morning spent on the living room floor with a bowl of cereal and the television volume low.
Animation history
Characters sharing a common biological classification
Members are 5–9 letters; first letters F, S, W.
CARTOON BIRDS
One is FOGHORN.
FOGHORN · SCROOGE · WOODSTOCK · WOODY
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Violet group hints
Scanning the bottom of a page for a footnote that explains a reference you missed entirely.
Linguistic wordplay
Suffix-based phonetic substitutions
Members are 6–9 letters; first letters C, G, T.
ENDING WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONES
One is CLASSICS.
CLASSICS · CREATE · GUTHRIE · THEREFORE
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UNNATURAL, AS MANNERISMSAWKWARD · STIFF · STILTED · WOODEN
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WORDS IN A FAMOUS TONGUE TWISTERCHUCK · COULD · WOOD · WOODCHUCK
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CARTOON BIRDSFOGHORN · SCROOGE · WOODSTOCK · WOODY
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ENDING WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONESCLASSICS · CREATE · GUTHRIE · THEREFORE
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How hard is NYT Connections on September 30, 2025?
NYT Connections on September 30, 2025 rates 3 out of 4 on our difficulty scale — a tougher-than-average puzzle. As always you sort sixteen words into four colour-coded groups, and our hints tease what links each group without ever naming the words.
What's a spoiler-free hint for NYT Connections on September 30, 2025?
The hint ladder above starts with a one-line vibe for each of the four groups, then adds the connecting idea, then the wording of each category. You climb only as far as you need, and no grouped words are shown until the final reveal.
How many groups are in NYT Connections #842?
Four groups of four, ordered from the gentlest to the trickiest. For the categories and the sixteen words themselves, open the answer section on this page — the hints here keep them hidden.
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