NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Today (Saturday, December 6, 2025) – Puzzle #909
Get the NYT Connections hints and answers for today, Saturday, December 6, 2025 (Puzzle #909). Find category clues, difficulty breakdown, and the full solution to help you complete today’s Connections puzzle.
NYT Connections Puzzle #909: Today’s hints and answers for Saturday, December 6, 2025.
NYT Connections continues to be one of the most-played daily puzzles from The New York Times, second only to the iconic crossword. The game challenges players to group 16 words into four connected sets, with difficulty levels marked by yellow, green, blue and purple categories.
How NYT Connections Works
Players must organise 16 words into four groups of four based on common themes. These themes can range from simple vocabulary links to hidden word formations or meanings. With only a limited number of mistakes allowed, the puzzle demands logic, wordplay and careful deduction.
Today’s NYT Connections Hints (December 6, 2025)
Category Hints
🟡 Yellow Group Hint: Just okay
🟢 Green Group Hint: Chill out
🔵 Blue Group Hint: The kids love them
🟣 Purple Group Hint: Look only at the first few letters
One-Word Clues for Each Group
🟡 NORM
🟢 COOL
🔵 MINION
🟣 MONITORSHIP
Today’s NYT Connections Groups
🟡 Yellow Group: Norm
🟢 Green Group: Mollify
🔵 Blue Group: Members of a titular group in animation franchises
🟣 Purple Group: Words starting with names of herpetofauna
NYT Connections Answers for Today (Puzzle #909)
🟡 Yellow Group – Norm
AVERAGE
MEAN
PAR
STANDARD
🟢 Green Group – Mollify
COOL
MODERATE
SETTLE
TEMPER
🔵 Blue Group – Members of an Animation Franchise Group
CAR
INCREDIBLE
MINION
MONSTER
🟣 Purple Group – Starting with Herpetofauna
(Each begins with the name of a reptile or amphibian: adder, monitor, newt, toad)
ADDERALL
MONITORSHIP
NEWTON
TOADY
Puzzle Breakdown
- The Yellow set falls into place quickly once you spot Average and Mean.
- The Green set connects through words that indicate calming or reducing.
- The Blue group highlights iconic characters from major animated series like Cars, The Incredibles, Minions and Monsters Inc.
- The Purple group is the trickiest, requiring players to recognise herpetofauna hidden within longer words.
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