NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Tuesday, September 16, 2025 (#828)

Puzzle #828. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, September 16, 2025 (puzzle #828) is: YELLOW — KEEP TABS ON: FOLLOW, MONITOR, TRACK, WATCH. GREEN — ONE IN A DOZEN: DONUT, JUROR, MONTH, ROSE. BLUE — THINGS WITH INK: PEN, PRINTER, SQUID, TATTOO MACHINE. PURPLE — ___ RABBIT: ROGER, TRIX, VELVETEEN, WHITE.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

ROGER
PEN
ROSE
MONTH
SQUID
PRINTER
DONUT
MONITOR
JUROR
WATCH
TATTOO MACHINE
TRIX
FOLLOW
WHITE
VELVETEEN
TRACK

How hard is Connections #828?

Medium47/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.
  • At least one entry is a phrase rather than a single word.

Where to start: Look for the four words that combine with "Rabbit" — locking that group down removes four red herrings from the rest of the grid.

Connections hints for Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, September 16, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, September 16, 2025 (puzzle #828) is: YELLOW — KEEP TABS ON: FOLLOW, MONITOR, TRACK, WATCH. GREEN — ONE IN A DOZEN: DONUT, JUROR, MONTH, ROSE. BLUE — THINGS WITH INK: PEN, PRINTER, SQUID, TATTOO MACHINE. PURPLE — ___ RABBIT: ROGER, TRIX, VELVETEEN, WHITE.

What is the purple group in Connections #828?

The purple (hardest) group is "___ RABBIT": ROGER, TRIX, VELVETEEN, WHITE.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "KEEP TABS ON" — FOLLOW, MONITOR, TRACK, WATCH. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #828. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.