NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Monday, December 1, 2025 (#904)
Puzzle #904. 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 Monday, December 1, 2025 (puzzle #904) is: YELLOW — COMPLETE TURN: CIRCUIT, LAP, ORBIT, REVOLUTION. GREEN — CIRCULAR THINGS: FULL MOON, LP, PIZZA PIE, PUPIL. BLUE — KAFKA WORKS, WITH "THE": CASTLE, JUDGMENT, METAMORPHOSIS, TRIAL. PURPLE — STARTING WITH LETTER HOMOPHONES: EYE CONTACT, PEA SOUP, SEA CHANGE, TEA LEAVES.
Today's 16 words
The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Monday, December 1, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.
FULL MOON
EYE CONTACT
ORBIT
PIZZA PIE
REVOLUTION
METAMORPHOSIS
PUPIL
SEA CHANGE
PEA SOUP
LAP
LP
CASTLE
TRIAL
TEA LEAVES
JUDGMENT
CIRCUIT
How hard is Connections #904?
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: 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 Monday, December 1, 2025
Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.
yellow(the most straightforward group — start here) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about turn.
green(a little trickier, but still direct) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about things.
blue(where the misdirection usually starts) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about works.
purple(the wordplay group, and almost always the last to fall) Say these four out loud — they sound like something else entirely.
yellow4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
green4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
blue4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
purpleThe link is how they sound, not how they're spelled.
yellowOne member is
greenOne member is
blueOne member is
purpleOne member is
yellow
green
blue
purple
NYT Connections answers for Monday, December 1, 2025
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Common questions
What is the NYT Connections answer for Monday, December 1, 2025?
The NYT Connections answer for Monday, December 1, 2025 (puzzle #904) is: YELLOW — COMPLETE TURN: CIRCUIT, LAP, ORBIT, REVOLUTION. GREEN — CIRCULAR THINGS: FULL MOON, LP, PIZZA PIE, PUPIL. BLUE — KAFKA WORKS, WITH "THE": CASTLE, JUDGMENT, METAMORPHOSIS, TRIAL. PURPLE — STARTING WITH LETTER HOMOPHONES: EYE CONTACT, PEA SOUP, SEA CHANGE, TEA LEAVES.
What is the purple group in Connections #904?
The purple (hardest) group is "STARTING WITH LETTER HOMOPHONES": EYE CONTACT, PEA SOUP, SEA CHANGE, TEA LEAVES.
What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?
The yellow group is the most straightforward: "COMPLETE TURN" — CIRCUIT, LAP, ORBIT, REVOLUTION. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.
What number is today's Connections puzzle?
Monday, December 1, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #904. 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.