NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Thursday, September 25, 2025 (#837)

Puzzle #837. 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 Thursday, September 25, 2025 (puzzle #837) is: YELLOW — LEFT-LEANING, POLITICALLY: BLUE, LEFT, LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE. GREEN — ICE CREAM PARLOR ORDERS: CONE, CUP, SHAKE, SPLIT. BLUE — MATT DAMON MOVIES, WITH "THE": DEPARTED, GOOD SHEPHERD, MARTIAN, RAINMAKER. PURPLE — NAMED "APOLLO": FICTIONAL BOXER, GREEK/ROMAN GOD, SPACECRAFT, THEATER.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Thursday, September 25, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

GREEK/ROMAN GOD
MARTIAN
LEFT
SPACECRAFT
SPLIT
CUP
DEPARTED
THEATER
PROGRESSIVE
SHAKE
FICTIONAL BOXER
RAINMAKER
CONE
BLUE
GOOD SHEPHERD
LIBERAL

How hard is Connections #837?

Easy35/100
  • At least one entry is a phrase rather than a single word.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Thursday, September 25, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Thursday, September 25, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Thursday, September 25, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Thursday, September 25, 2025 (puzzle #837) is: YELLOW — LEFT-LEANING, POLITICALLY: BLUE, LEFT, LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE. GREEN — ICE CREAM PARLOR ORDERS: CONE, CUP, SHAKE, SPLIT. BLUE — MATT DAMON MOVIES, WITH "THE": DEPARTED, GOOD SHEPHERD, MARTIAN, RAINMAKER. PURPLE — NAMED "APOLLO": FICTIONAL BOXER, GREEK/ROMAN GOD, SPACECRAFT, THEATER.

What is the purple group in Connections #837?

The purple (hardest) group is "NAMED "APOLLO"": FICTIONAL BOXER, GREEK/ROMAN GOD, SPACECRAFT, THEATER.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "LEFT-LEANING, POLITICALLY" — BLUE, LEFT, LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Thursday, September 25, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #837. 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.