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NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Sunday, December 21, 2025

Hints and complete answers for the NYT Connections puzzle dated Sunday, December 21, 2025, plus a note on the conflicting archive numbers.
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Here are spoiler-light clues for the NYT Connections puzzle dated Sunday, December 21, 2025, followed by the complete solution. Stop before the spoiler warning if you want to solve the board yourself.

Hints for the December 21 Connections groups

Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four, with each group linked by a shared idea. The groups are marked by four color-coded difficulty levels. You can play on desktop or mobile through NYT Games.

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1 Connections: Find the Common Threads in 100+ Puzzles of Wit and Wordplay (New York Times Games Books) Connections: Find the Common Threads in 100+ Puzzles of Wit and Wordplay (New York Times Games... $20.99 Buy on Amazon
2 4 Connections Puzzle Book: 200 Puzzles, A challenging game to generate four groups of four words that share something in common, Puzzles and Solutions. 4 Connections Puzzle Book: 200 Puzzles, A challenging game to generate four groups of four words... $9.99 Buy on Amazon
3 Puzzle Mania!: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! (New York Times Games Books) Puzzle Mania!: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! (New York Times Games Books) $26.60 Buy on Amazon
4 Connections Puzzle Book: Challenging Connections Word Games with Bonus Puzzles. Test Your Mental Agility. Connections Puzzle Book: Challenging Connections Word Games with Bonus Puzzles. Test Your Mental... $9.99 Buy on Amazon
5 Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World ― Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's NYT Bestselling Mental Health Book Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World ― Surgeon General... $10.95 Buy on Amazon
  • Yellow: Parts of a tea maker.
  • Green: Reading matter.
  • Blue: A sense of coming out.
  • Purple: Add the same word after each tile to form a familiar compound.

December 21 Connections answers

Spoilers below: The complete groupings and answers follow.

  • Features of a teapot: HANDLE, LID, SPOUT, STRAINER
  • Arise: EMERGE, FLOW, ISSUE, RESULT
  • Library sections: CIRCULATION, PERIODICALS, REFERENCE, STACKS
  • ___DROP: AIR, EAVES, GUM, RAIN. These form AIRDROP, EAVESDROP, GUMDROP, and RAINDROP.

Why puzzle numbers differ between archives

Use the date to identify this board: answer archives do not agree on its puzzle number. TechRadar identifies the December 21 edition as game #924, while Wordle.today labels the same date #976. Both list the same groups and answers. TechRadar’s dated article is available at TechRadar; the matching date entry appears in the Wordle.today archive.

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4 Connections Puzzle Book: 200 Puzzles, A challenging game to generate four groups of four words that share something in common, Puzzles and Solutions.
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