Connections #842 Answers
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #842 for Tuesday, September 30, 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): unnatural, as mannerisms
- Green: words in a famous tongue twister
- Blue: cartoon birds
- Purple (hardest): ending with number homophones
Answers
UNNATURAL, AS MANNERISMS
AWKWARD, STIFF, STILTED, WOODEN
WORDS IN A FAMOUS TONGUE TWISTER
CHUCK, COULD, WOOD, WOODCHUCK
CARTOON BIRDS
FOGHORN, SCROOGE, WOODSTOCK, WOODY
ENDING WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONES
CLASSICS, CREATE, GUTHRIE, THEREFORE
Previous Connections answers
- #841 — kinds of underwear, play a joke on, parts of a toilet tank, first words in '70s rock song titles
- #840 — backing, malicious software, gum brands, n.f.l. team logos
- #839 — loving, appendages, popcorn-making methods, squander, with “away”
- #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 ___
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