Connections #839 Answers
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #839 for Saturday, September 27, 2025. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): loving
- Green: appendages
- Blue: popcorn-making methods
- Purple (hardest): squander, with “away”
Answers
LOVING
KIND, SWEET, TENDER, WARM
APPENDAGES
ARM, FIN, FLIPPER, WING
POPCORN-MAKING METHODS
KETTLE, MICROWAVE, POPPER, STOVETOP
SQUANDER, WITH “AWAY”
FIDDLE, FRITTER, THROW, TRIFLE
Previous Connections answers
- #838 — stir vigorously, hard to make out, kinds of bears, dirty ___
- #837 — left-leaning, politically, ice cream parlor orders, matt damon movies, with "the", named "apollo"
- #836 — movie, strew, wrinkly things, sweet ___
- #835 — cheerful, "rubber baby buggy bumper", kinds of luggage, title characters in '80s movies
- #834 — basic geometric calculations, black-and-white things, las vegas casino hotels, words that sound like plural letters
- #833 — touchscreen gestures, relax, restaurant seating options, vegetables with first letter removed
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