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NYT Connections puzzle #848 for Monday, October 6, 2025, groups its 16 words around record-player equipment, coat styles, items found on spools, and words that start with greeting homophones. Try the spoiler-light clues first, then open the answer key when you’re ready.
Word bank
FILM · HAYSTACK · THREAD · PEA · TURNTABLE · TRENCH · CAMEL · HAIKU · YEOMAN · PREAMP · TAPE · DUFFLE · SPEAKER · WIRE · HELONIUM · AMP
Hints for each group
- Think of the equipment used to play vinyl records.
- These are styles of outerwear.
- Each can be wound around or stored on a spool.
- Listen to the first sound of each word; it resembles a greeting.
Answers for Connections #848
Warning: the complete answers are below.
Record-player setup
AMP, PREAMP, SPEAKER, TURNTABLE
Kinds of coats
CAMEL, DUFFLE, PEA, TRENCH
Things that come on spools
FILM, TAPE, THREAD, WIRE
Starting with homophones of greetings
HAIKU (“hi”), HAYSTACK (“hey”), HELONIUM (“hello”), YEOMAN (“yo”).
About the puzzle
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four based on a shared connection. Try Hard Guides reports that players can make up to four mistakes and that the game offers one puzzle per day with a local-midnight reset; treat that timing as guide-reported context rather than a separately verified official rule. Try Hard Guides’ October 6, 2025 answer guide
#1 Best Overall
You can play through the NYT Connections web game or the NYT Games app. This date’s puzzle is #848; it is not the puzzle published on October 6, 2026.
Quick Recap
Rank #2
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