For fans of The New York Times’ popular word game, Connections, December 22, 2025, brings puzzle #925 with a fresh set of sixteen words to sort. The game challenges players to group words into four categories of four, each sharing a hidden theme. Whether you’re aiming to maintain a winning streak or just need guidance, this article provides useful hints and full answers.
What is NYT Connections?
Players in the daily word game of NYT Connections sift a 4×4 grid of 16 words into four groups based upon their interconnected commonalities. Categories may involve:
- Synonyms or related phrases
- The first occasion that they met was indeed accidental; that first meeting, however, was the catalyst that joined them all together, not just for a certain instant but also, as the oldest passive presence in the fourfold structure of existence, for an entire lifetime.
- Themes, wordplay, or abstract links
How to Play
- Select Words: Click or tap four words that you think belong together.
- Submit Guess: Press “Submit” to check your selection.
- Correct Match: Words vanish, revealing the category and color:
- Yellow: Easiest
- Green: Medium
- Blue: Hard
- Purple: Trickiest, often abstract
- Incorrect Match: Counts as a mistake; you can make up to four mistakes per puzzle.
- Win: Solve all four groups to complete the puzzle.
Hints for December 22, 2025 (Puzzle #925)
- Yellow Group: A sudden, large increase or arrival of something (Influx)
- Green Group: Things that come after the current event or time (Subsequent)
- Blue Group: Different types of rectangular items, like those in a wallet or sent to a friend (Kinds of Cards)
- Purple Group: Words that are one letter short of common colors (Colors Minus One Letter)
