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NYT Connections #908 was released for Friday, December 5, 2025. Its groups are TRICKY words, STATE OF AFFAIRS terms, classic board games, and words that can pair with TALK.
Connections #908 at a glance
Connections presents 16 tiles and asks you to sort them into four groups of four. The groups have color-coded difficulty levels, deliberate red herrings are common, and you can make up to four mistakes before the puzzle ends. The game is available through the New York Times website and Games app.
| Color | Connection | Tiles | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | TRICKY | COMPLEX, DELICATE, STICKY, TOUGH | Words for difficult or complicated situations |
| Green | STATE OF AFFAIRS | DEAL, SITUATION, STATUS, STORY | Terms describing how things stand |
| Blue | CLASSIC BOARD GAMES | MASTERMIND, MOUSE TRAP, OPERATION, SORRY | Names of older family board games |
| Purple | ____ TALK | BABY, PILLOW, SMALL, SWEET | Each word can precede “talk” |
Today’s 16 words
The complete grid is:
- SORRY
- TOUGH
- DEAL
- BABY
- SWEET
- STICKY
- PILLOW
- STORY
- MASTERMIND
- SMALL
- DELICATE
- OPERATION
- COMPLEX
- STATUS
- MOUSE TRAP
- SITUATION
Hints for Connections #908
Use these from top to bottom if you want increasing help without seeing the solutions immediately.
Yellow hint
Look for adjectives describing situations that are difficult to handle.
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Green hint
These words can describe how circumstances stand or how events are being characterized.
Blue hint
Think of pre-computer-era family entertainment. Monopoly is another example of the type.
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Purple hint
Add a conversational word after each tile. “Gab” is a direct clue to the intended idea.
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Yellow: TRICKY
COMPLEX, DELICATE, STICKY, TOUGH
Each can describe a difficult, awkward, or challenging situation. “Sticky” is the potential trap: it can describe physical adhesion, but it also means problematic or hard to resolve.
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Green: STATE OF AFFAIRS
DEAL, SITUATION, STATUS, STORY
These words can refer to the circumstances or account of how things currently stand: the deal in place, the situation, someone’s status, or the story of events.
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Blue: CLASSIC BOARD GAMES
MASTERMIND, MOUSE TRAP, OPERATION, SORRY
All four are recognizable classic board-game titles. Their capitalization in the grid can disguise them as ordinary words, especially operation and sorry.
Purple: ____ TALK
BABY, PILLOW, SMALL, SWEET
Each forms a familiar phrase with “talk”: baby talk, pillow talk, small talk, and sweet talk. This is the wordplay group; Parade described the same idea as “GAB,” while other guides presented the blank-word form.
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Why this grid is challenging
- TOUGH, DELICATE, STICKY, and COMPLEX all point toward difficulty, but the other tiles create plausible semantic links.
- STORY can look like a narrative rather than a state-of-affairs term, and DEAL can suggest a card game or an agreement.
- OPERATION and SORRY are common words as well as board-game names.
- The purple set depends on combining each tile with an unseen word, rather than finding a direct shared definition.
A practical solving order
- Scan for unmistakable proper names. MASTERMIND and MOUSE TRAP strongly suggest the board-game category; test OPERATION and SORRY with them.
- Group the four difficulty descriptors: COMPLEX, DELICATE, STICKY, and TOUGH.
- Use the remaining ordinary terms to identify the state-of-affairs set: DEAL, SITUATION, STATUS, and STORY.
- Check the final four by adding “talk”: BABY, PILLOW, SMALL, and SWEET.
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