NYT Connections Today: Your Guide to the September 9 Puzzle's Solution
A guide to solving today's NYT Connections puzzle, #821, for September 9, 2025. This article provides helpful hints and the final solution, along with a brief explanation of the game's rules and difficulty levels.
The NYT Connections puzzle board for September 9, 2025, showing the words to be sorted into four categories.
Stumped by today's NYT Connections puzzle? This popular New York Times game challenges you to find the "common thread" between 16 words and sort them into four hidden groups. It’s trickier than it looks, as some words can fit into multiple categories, and you only get four mistakes.
Today’s Hints for Connections #821
If you want a little nudge without revealing the full solution, here are the hints for each category based on difficulty:
- Yellow (Easiest): This group is the opposite of just starting.
- Green (Medium): The words in this category are hard on the outside but soft on the inside.
- Blue (Tricky): These words are often associated with consuming hard liquors like whiskey.
- Purple (Hardest): The words in this group are all followed by a three-letter barker.
The Full Solution
Ready for the answer? Here are the four groups and their categories for the September 9, 2025 puzzle:
- Yellow: Finished (The words are: Complete, Done, Over, Through)
- Green: Things with Shells (The words are: Egg, Hard Taco, M&M, Snail)
- Blue: Swig (The words are: Belt, Gulp, Shot, Slug)
- Purple: ___dog (The words are: Bull, Lap, Under, Watch)
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