Connections #929 Answers
Friday, December 26, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #929 for Friday, December 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): california-based character tropes
- Green: comedy subgenres
- Blue: '70s rock bands
- Purple (hardest): black ___
Answers
CALIFORNIA-BASED CHARACTER TROPES
MOVIE EXEC, SURFER, TECH BRO, VALLEY GIRL
COMEDY SUBGENRES
BUDDY, CRINGE, SCREWBALL, STONER
'70S ROCK BANDS
AMERICA, CHICAGO, FOREIGNER, JOURNEY
BLACK ___
FOREST, FRIDAY, PANTHER, WIDOW
Previous Connections answers
- #928 — ornate, as prose, create, things with stems, comprised of solfege (do-re-mi)
- #927 — slang for money, masticate, fish, ways to vocalize musically plus a letter
- #926 — vulnerability, freudian concepts, characters in capes, starting with slang for sausage
- #925 — influx, subsequent, kinds of cards, colors minus last letter
- #924 — features of a teapot, library sections, arise, ___drop
- #923 — containers, laundry services, british bands formed in the 1970s, with "the", rock ___
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