Spoilers: The October 16, 2025, NYT Connections puzzle is #858. Its four groups are Fruit Desserts, Crabby, Fish, and Banana ___.
NYT Connections answers for October 16, 2025
Here are the 16 words from the board, sorted into their solution groups:
- Fruit Desserts: COBBLER, CRISP, CRUMBLE, TART
- Crabby: CROSS, PRICKLY, SORE, SOUR
- Fish: CHAR, FLUKE, PIKE, SKATE
- Banana ___: BOAT, BREAD, SLUG, SPLIT
Hints for puzzle #858
- Fruit Desserts: Think of baked sweets made with fruit.
- Crabby: These words can describe an irritable mood.
- Fish: Each word names a kind of fish.
- Banana ___: Put “banana” before each word to complete a familiar phrase or name.
The full board
TART, PIKE, SOUR, BREAD, SPLIT, CRUMBLE, BOAT, SKATE, SLUG, CROSS, CRISP, CHAR, SORE, FLUKE, PRICKLY, COBBLER
Why the puzzle number is #858
Parade and Try Hard Guides both identify October 16, 2025, as puzzle #858 and give the same four groups. One archive result associates the date with #896, but that conflicts with both answer guides. Parade’s October 16 answer guide and Try Hard Guides’ October 16, 2025 answer page support the #858 identification.
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