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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle might be tough, although I thought the blue and purple group were pretty fun, once I saw the connections. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Assess something.
Green group hint: Not feeling great about this.
Blue group hint: Hand me a Kleenex.
Purple group hint: You write on this.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Evaluate.
Green group: Exhibit nervousness.
Blue group: Things that can run, annoyingly.
Purple group: Paper ____.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Sept. 19, 2025.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is evaluate. The four answers are grade, rank, rate and score.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is exhibit nervousness. The four answers are blush, fidget, pace and sweat.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is things that can run, annoyingly. The four answers are
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is paper ____. The four answers are clip, tiger, towel and trail.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.