Archive · 30 Sep 2025
NYT Connections Puzzle #842: Hints and Answers
NYT Connections is a word game where you sort 16 words into four groups of four based on what they have in common.
The groups have secret themes, with different colors for difficulty (yellow is easiest, purple the hardest).
Hints are available to help you figure it out, and the goal is to find all the connections and win the game.
NYT Connections is a daily word game.
The objective is to group 16 words into four sets of four based on a common idea.
Categories are color-coded by difficulty (Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple).
Hints are provided to help players solve the puzzle.
The game is played on September 30, 2025, with puzzle #842.
- Who
- Players of the NYT Connections puzzle.
- What
- Solving NYT Connections puzzle #842.
- When
- September 30, 2025
- Where
- The New York Times.
- Why
- To solve the daily word puzzle.
Player Perspective
Puzzle Designer
Difficulty
Player Perspective
Players may find the purple category difficult to solve.
Puzzle Designer
Designers aim to create challenging puzzles.
- Game
- NYT Connections
- Date
- September 30, 2025 (Puzzle #842)
- Objective
- Group 16 words into 4 categories of 4
- Category Colors
- Yellow (Easiest), Green, Blue, Purple (Trickiest)