Need a nudge for NYT Connections game #882? Start with the four graduated hints below; the category names and all 16 answers are farther down. Spoilers begin after the hints.
Hints for Connections #882
These clues move from the least revealing to the most revealing. They are hints, not the official category names.
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- Keep yourself tidy.
- Jammed in.
- Think about it.
- Words that sound avian.
Spoiler warning: category names ahead
The following section reveals the four groups. Stop here if you want to solve the grid first.
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- Yellow: PERSONAL GROOMING ITEMS
- Green: PACKED
- Blue: PONDER
- Purple: STARTING WITH BIRD HOMOPHONES
Connections #882 answers
The complete word groups for Sunday, November 9, 2025, are:
- Yellow — PERSONAL GROOMING ITEMS: BRUSH, MIRROR, NAIL FILE, TWEEZERS
- Green — PACKED: COMPACT, DENSE, THICK, TIGHT
- Blue — PONDER: DELIBERATE, MUSE, NOODLE, REFLECT
- Purple — STARTING WITH BIRD HOMOPHONES: CRANIUM, CRONUT, LUNAR, PUFNSTUF
Why the purple group is tricky
Each purple answer begins with a sound resembling a bird name: CRANIUM starts like “crane,” CRONUT like “crow,” LUNAR like “loon,” and PUFNSTUF like “puffin.”
The COMPACT overlap
COMPACT can bring to mind a cosmetic compact, which makes the grooming group tempting. In this grid, it belongs with PACKED; MIRROR is the grooming item that completes that set. TechRadar’s writer reported making that specific placement mistake while solving.
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Grid words
The 16 tiles were NOODLE, MIRROR, CRONUT, MUSE, COMPACT, CRANIUM, REFLECT, TWEEZERS, PUFNSTUF, DENSE, BRUSH, TIGHT, DELIBERATE, LUNAR, THICK, and NAIL FILE.
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