Today’s Connections puzzle, #837 for September 25, 2025, groups its 16 words around political terms, ice cream parlor orders, Matt Damon movies with “The” restored, and four things named Apollo. The film titles omit the same first word on the board, while BLUE is a political clue rather than a literal color.
Connections #837 answers for September 25, 2025
Here are all four groups and their entries:
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Left-leaning, politically | BLUE, LEFT, LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE |
| Green | Ice cream parlor orders | CONE, CUP, SHAKE, SPLIT |
| Blue | Matt Damon movies, with “The” | DEPARTED, GOOD SHEPHERD, MARTIAN, RAINMAKER |
| Purple | Named “Apollo” | FICTIONAL BOXER, GREEK/ROMAN GOD, SPACECRAFT, THEATER |
The board entries were GREEK/ROMAN GOD, MARTIAN, LEFT, SPACECRAFT, SPLIT, CUP, DEPARTED, THEATER, PROGRESSIVE, SHAKE, FICTIONAL BOXER, RAINMAKER, CONE, BLUE, GOOD SHEPHERD, and LIBERAL. The category groupings and explanations are corroborated by All Things How and NYT Connections & Wordle – Hints & Answers.
How the four Connections groups work
Yellow: political terms
BLUE, LEFT, LIBERAL, and PROGRESSIVE can all describe left-leaning politics. BLUE is the potential trap: here it refers to the U.S. political association, not to a color-based set.
Green: ice cream parlor orders
CONE, CUP, SHAKE, and SPLIT are familiar ice cream parlor orders. “Split” points to a banana split, rather than an action or division.
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Blue: Matt Damon movies with “The”
Add the missing leading word “The” to each board entry: DEPARTED becomes The Departed, GOOD SHEPHERD becomes The Good Shepherd, MARTIAN becomes The Martian, and RAINMAKER becomes The Rainmaker.
Purple: things named Apollo
The final set connects four different uses of the name Apollo: FICTIONAL BOXER is Apollo Creed, GREEK/ROMAN GOD is Apollo, SPACECRAFT refers to the Apollo spacecraft or program, and THEATER refers to the Apollo Theater.
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