Archive · 12 Nov 2025
NYT Connections Puzzle #885: November 12, 2025
Imagine you have 16 words, like pieces of a puzzle.
Your job is to find four groups of four words that all belong together.
For example, you might find words that are all types of sports, or words that mean someone is not smart.
There are four different kinds of groups, and some are easier to find than others.
You get a few tries to guess the groups correctly.
If you guess wrong too many times, you lose.
But if you find all the groups, you win the game!
This particular puzzle has groups for sports, words for silly people, internet slang, and simple Spanish words.
The New York Times Connections puzzle #885 was released on November 12, 2025.
Players must sort 16 words into four distinct groups of four.
The categories for this puzzle include competitive games/sports, words for 'stupid' or 'fool,' Gen Z acronyms/slang, and basic Spanish words.
Categories are color-coded by difficulty: Yellow (easiest), Green (medium), Blue (hard), and Purple (trickiest).
Players have up to four mistakes before the game ends.
- Who
- Players of The New York Times Connections puzzle
- What
- Solving puzzle #885 by sorting 16 words into four categories
- When
- November 12, 2025
- Where
- The New York Times Games platform
- Why
- To find hidden links between words and complete the puzzle
- Puzzle Number
- 885
- Date
- November 12, 2025
- Game Type
- Daily Word Game
- Publisher
- The New York Times
- Objective
- Sort 16 words into four groups of four based on common associations.
- Mistakes Allowed
- 4