Connections #899 Answers
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #899 for Wednesday, November 26, 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): verbs expressing possibility
- Green: women’s nicknames
- Blue: financial abbreviations
- Purple (hardest): backwards animals
Answers
VERBS EXPRESSING POSSIBILITY
CAN, COULD, MAY, MIGHT
WOMEN’S NICKNAMES
DEB, JAN, KAT, SUE
FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS
APR, CFO, IRA, SEC
BACKWARDS ANIMALS
FLOW, GOD, MAR, TAB
Previous Connections answers
- #898 — small-time, things that are pink, things you can scratch, starting with optimistic words
- #897 — small kitchen appliances, features of a car's center console, seen while going through airport security, ending in colors
- #896 — lenient, animal homes, oliver stone movies, second words in titles of abba hits
- #895 — little bit, sailor, tropical fruits/vegetables, ___ deal
- #894 — things worn on lapels, cocktails, pixar protagonists, starting with synonyms for "eat"
- #893 — adhere, graze, parts of a tooth, words that sound like two letters
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