Connections #872 Answers
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #872 for Thursday, October 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): terms of endearment
- Green: fiction genres
- Blue: collective nouns for birds
- Purple (hardest): people whose first names are u.s. cities
Answers
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
ANGEL, LOVE, PUMPKIN, SUGAR
FICTION GENRES
FANTASY, HORROR, MYSTERY, ROMANCE
COLLECTIVE NOUNS FOR BIRDS
CHARM, GAGGLE, MURDER, PARLIAMENT
PEOPLE WHOSE FIRST NAMES ARE U.S. CITIES
BLOOM, BUTLER, GUTHRIE, LEVY
Previous Connections answers
- #871 — fortitude, channel, words starting with the “say” sound, things featuring letters a through z
- #870 — banality, in the know, remote control buttons, one-named singer plus starting letter
- #869 — emanate, in the slightest, cocktail garnishes, ___ four
- #868 — kinds of instruments, words in a famous muhammad ali quote, kinds of contests, words with diminutive suffixes
- #867 — swindle, digital watch features, confer, best actor-winning biopics
- #866 — best years, things you can do to text, things known for being colorful things, ending in accessories
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