This is the Wednesday, December 24, 2025 edition of NYT Connections, puzzle #927. The date can be easy to mix up: the December 24, 2024 puzzle was #573. Spoilers follow.
Hints for Connections #927
Try these clue-level hints before reading the categories or answer sets:
- Yellow: cash lingo
- Green: food enjoyment
- Blue: sea creatures
- Purple: musical voices plus
Connections #927 answers
The sixteen words are SINGE, MUNCH, PAPER, POLLOCK, BACON, CHAMP, CHAR, WHISTLER, BITE, TANG, RAPT, CHEESE, HUMP, BREAD, SOLE, and CHEW.
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Slang for money | BACON, BREAD, CHEESE, PAPER |
| Green | Masticate | BITE, CHAMP, CHEW, MUNCH |
| Blue | Fish | CHAR, POLLOCK, SOLE, TANG |
| Purple | Ways to vocalize musically plus a letter | HUMP, RAPT, SINGE, WHISTLER |
Why the purple group fits
Each tile resembles a musical vocalization with an extra letter: HUMP evokes HUM, RAPT evokes RAP, SINGE evokes SING, and WHISTLER evokes WHISTLE. The extra letter is part of the wordplay, rather than a separate category clue.
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How to play Connections
NYT Connections asks you to sort sixteen terms into four groups of four. The categories can rely on wordplay as well as straightforward meanings, and the groups are marked yellow, green, blue, and purple by difficulty. You can find the game through NYT Games; access and commercial terms may vary.
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