Connections #843 Answers
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #843 for Wednesday, October 1, 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): fast-moving water
- Green: criticize
- Blue: echoey places
- Purple (hardest): ___ prize
Answers
FAST-MOVING WATER
CATARACT, CURRENT, RAPIDS, WHIRLPOOL
CRITICIZE
FLAME, KNOCK, SKEWER, SLAM
ECHOEY PLACES
CANYON, HALLWAY, TUNNEL, ZOOM CALL
___ PRIZE
BOOBY, DOOR, FIRST, JURY
Previous Connections answers
- #842 — unnatural, as mannerisms, words in a famous tongue twister, cartoon birds, ending with number homophones
- #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"
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