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NYT Connections #894 Hints and Answers for Friday, November 21, 2025

Hints and spoiler-marked answers for NYT Connections puzzle #894, dated Friday, November 21, 2025.
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NYT Connections puzzle #894 is the historical puzzle for Friday, November 21, 2025—not a current-day puzzle. Its four groups are lapel items, cocktails, Pixar protagonists, and phrases that begin with synonyms for “eat.” Use the progressive hints below before opening the spoiler-marked answer key.

Hints for Connections #894

Connections asks you to sort 16 tiles into four groups of four. The categories differ in difficulty, and a new puzzle appears at midnight in each time zone, according to TechRadar. You can play through NYT Games on desktop or mobile.

Gentle nudges

  • One group belongs on a jacket.
  • One group can be ordered at a bar.
  • Think of the kinds of main characters in films from the studio behind Toy Story.
  • For the trickiest group, each phrase starts with a verb meaning “eat quickly.”

Category clues

Ready for the category names, but not the full tile groupings?

  • Things worn on lapels
  • Cocktails
  • Pixar protagonists
  • Starting with synonyms for “eat”

Connections #894 answers — spoilers

The following groups and tiles are reported by TechRadar and independently corroborated by AllThings.How.

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Things worn on lapels

  • AWARENESS RIBBON
  • BOUTONNIÈRE
  • LAPEL PIN
  • LAVALIER

Cocktails

  • COSMOPOLITAN
  • GREYHOUND
  • SCREWDRIVER
  • SEA BREEZE

Pixar protagonists

  • CLOWNFISH
  • GRUMPY OLD MAN
  • RACECAR
  • TALKING DOLL

Starting with synonyms for “eat”

  • BOLT CUTTER
  • CHOW MEIN
  • SCARF RING
  • WOLF EEL

The last group works through the opening words: bolt, chow, scarf, and wolf can each mean to eat quickly. The complete phrases point to separate things—a tool, a noodle dish, a clothing accessory, and a fish—rather than four things from one subject area, as AllThings.How explains.

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