Connections #851 Answers
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #851 for Thursday, October 9, 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): fantasy
- Green: kinds of rocks
- Blue: news article features
- Purple (hardest): title figures in classic video games
Answers
FANTASY
INVENTION, FANCY, FICTION, FIGMENT
KINDS OF ROCKS
FLINT, LIMESTONE, MARBLE, SLATE
NEWS ARTICLE FEATURES
CAPTION, DATELINE, LEDE, PHOTO
TITLE FIGURES IN CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES
GORILLA, HEDGEHOG, PLUMBER, PRINCESS
Previous Connections answers
- #850 — finest, rock music subgenres, paint finishes, kinds of beds
- #849 — gossip, seen at a wedding, team, musicals plus starting letter
- #848 — parts of a record player setup, kinds of coats, things that come on spools, starting with homophones of greetings
- #847 — used to grow a houseplant, flabbergast, madonna songs, ___ car
- #846 — fix a hole in clothing, rush of wind, anagrams, kinds of cookies
- #845 — boundary, they move in a spiral, songs from musicals, what "ed" might indicate
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