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NYT Connections game #839 is the puzzle for Saturday, September 27, 2025. Start with the spoiler-free category hints below; the full group labels and word sets appear after a clear spoiler warning.
The 16 words in game #839
FLIPPER · FRITTER · THROW · KETTLE · TENDER · WING · TRIFLE · POPPER · ARM · WARM · MICROWAVE · FIDDLE · STOVETOP · KIND · FIN · SWEET
Spoiler-free hints
- Yellow: Affectionate descriptors.
- Green: Body attachments or limbs.
- Blue: Ways to make a particular snack at home; think “just add heat.”
- Purple: Verbs that pair with “away” to mean waste or squander.
Spoilers: full answers for September 27, 2025
Stop here if you want to solve the groups yourself. The complete categories and word mappings follow.
Yellow — LOVING
KIND, SWEET, TENDER, WARM
Green — APPENDAGES
ARM, FIN, FLIPPER, WING
Blue — POPCORN-MAKING METHODS
KETTLE, MICROWAVE, POPPER, STOVETOP
Purple — SQUANDER, WITH “AWAY”
FIDDLE, FRITTER, THROW, TRIFLE
The purple set forms the phrases “fiddle away,” “fritter away,” “throw away,” and “trifle away.” One tempting overlap is TENDER and WING, which may suggest food; in this solution, TENDER belongs with affectionate descriptors and WING with body appendages.
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Sources
All Things How and TechRadar published matching guides on September 26, 2025, agreeing on the grid, hints, category labels, and answers: All Things How’s game #839 guide and TechRadar’s game #839 guide. The reproduced answer key is attributed to those guides; an original NYT answer page was not retrieved.
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