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Need help with NYT Connections puzzle #909? The Saturday, December 6, 2025 game groups its 16 words around a norm, calming something, characters from animated franchises, and animal names hidden at the start of longer words. Spoilers follow: try the hints first, then reveal the complete groups below.
Hints for Connections #909
Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four, each linked by a shared idea or wordplay. You have a limited number of mistakes; four incorrect guesses end the game. The color tiers indicate the groups’ relative difficulty.
- Yellow: Think of words for something typical or middling.
- Green: These words can describe calming or reducing intensity.
- Blue: Look for individual members of animated film groups.
- Purple: Focus on the beginning of each word; it contains an animal.
The daily puzzle appears at midnight in each time zone, so the date a player calls “today” can vary by location. Puzzle #909 is the December 6, 2025 game.
Connections #909 answers
Spoilers: The four groups and their words are below.
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Yellow: NORM
AVERAGE, MEAN, PAR, STANDARD
Each word can refer to a typical level or accepted norm. “Average” and “mean” can describe a central value, while “par” and “standard” can refer to what is usual or expected.
Green: MOLLIFY
COOL, MODERATE, SETTLE, TEMPER
Each can mean to calm something or reduce its intensity: cool tempers, moderate a response, settle a dispute, or temper enthusiasm.
Blue: MEMBER OF A TITULAR GROUP IN AN ANIMATION FRANCHISE
CAR, INCREDIBLE, MINION, MONSTER
These point to individual members of the groups named in Cars, The Incredibles, Minions, and Monsters, Inc. The connection is to the franchise titles, not to a general category of vehicles, superheroes, henchmen, or creatures.
Purple: STARTING WITH HERPETOFAUNA
ADDERALL, MONITORSHIP, NEWTON, TOADY
The starts of these longer words contain adder, monitor, newt, and toad—names associated with reptiles or amphibians. Herpetofauna refers to reptiles and amphibians.
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The 16 words in puzzle #909 were AVERAGE, ADDERALL, CAR, COOL, INCREDIBLE, MEAN, MINION, MODERATE, MONITORSHIP, MONSTER, NEWTON, PAR, SETTLE, STANDARD, TEMPER, and TOADY.
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Forbes notes that an NYT Games subscription provides access to the full archive of past puzzles. Availability and access terms are set by The New York Times; check its current subscription details if you want to revisit earlier games. The answers above are corroborated by guides from TechRadar and Forbes.
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