Spoiler warning: This is an archived guide to Connections puzzle #885 for Wednesday, November 12, 2025—not today’s puzzle. Read the hints first, then scroll to the solution section when you’re ready to see the answers.
Hints for Connections #885
Try these clues in order. They point to each category without revealing the four answer words.
- One group consists of four sports, each with a four-letter name.
- One group contains informal words for a foolish person.
- One group is made up of familiar initialisms or acronyms, including expressions used online or in marketing.
- One group consists of everyday Spanish words.
Why the grid is tricky
All 16 entries have four letters, and many end in “O.” That visual pattern can make unrelated words seem connected: for example, COMO may look like an acronym, while BOZO, DODO, DOPE, and YO-YO belong together by meaning. The shared ending is a distraction; the categories depend on how the words are used.
Connections #885 answers
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The four categories are SPORTS, DOOFUS, ACRONYMS, and SPANISH WORDS:
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | SPORTS | GOLF, JUDO, POLO, SUMO |
| Green | DOOFUS | BOZO, DODO, DOPE, YO-YO |
| Blue | ACRONYMS | BOGO, FOMO, GOAT, YOLO |
| Purple | SPANISH WORDS | COMO, LOCO, POCO, ROJO |
What the groups mean
- SPORTS: Golf, judo, polo, and sumo.
- DOOFUS: Informal words for a foolish person: bozo, dodo, dope, and yo-yo.
- ACRONYMS: BOGO means “buy one, get one”; FOMO, “fear of missing out”; GOAT, “greatest of all time”; and YOLO, “you only live once.”
- SPANISH WORDS: Como means “like” or “as”; loco, “crazy”; poco, “little” or “few”; and rojo, “red.”
About the archived puzzle
Connections presents 16 words for sorting into four groups of four. Secondary guides describe the group colors as yellow, green, blue, and purple in increasing difficulty, and say the daily grid refreshes at midnight in the player’s local time zone. All Things How also reports that players can make up to four mistakes. These are mechanics as described by those guides; the official puzzle page was not available to verify them here.
Rank #2
For this archived grid, TechRadar, Insider Gaming, and All Things How agree on the date, puzzle number, word grid, and solution. Their guides identify it as puzzle #885 for Wednesday, November 12, 2025: TechRadar, Insider Gaming, and All Things How. The NYT Connections game is the official game page.
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