NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Tuesday, December 9, 2025 (#912)

Puzzle #912. 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, December 9, 2025 (puzzle #912) is: YELLOW — BEAR IN MIND: CONSIDER, COUNT, FACTOR, INCLUDE. GREEN — STRIPED ANIMALS: CLOWNFISH, HONEYBEE, TIGER, ZEBRA. BLUE — ASSOCIATED WITH RAINBOWS: DOROTHY GALE, LEPRECHAUN, PRIDE, UNICORN. PURPLE — BEGINNING WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONES: FIEVEL, FOREHEAD, TOUCAN, WONDER.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Tuesday, December 9, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

DOROTHY GALE
CLOWNFISH
TOUCAN
PRIDE
LEPRECHAUN
HONEYBEE
WONDER
TIGER
COUNT
ZEBRA
FOREHEAD
FACTOR
FIEVEL
CONSIDER
UNICORN
INCLUDE

How hard is Connections #912?

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 Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Tuesday, December 9, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, December 9, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, December 9, 2025 (puzzle #912) is: YELLOW — BEAR IN MIND: CONSIDER, COUNT, FACTOR, INCLUDE. GREEN — STRIPED ANIMALS: CLOWNFISH, HONEYBEE, TIGER, ZEBRA. BLUE — ASSOCIATED WITH RAINBOWS: DOROTHY GALE, LEPRECHAUN, PRIDE, UNICORN. PURPLE — BEGINNING WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONES: FIEVEL, FOREHEAD, TOUCAN, WONDER.

What is the purple group in Connections #912?

The purple (hardest) group is "BEGINNING WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONES": FIEVEL, FOREHEAD, TOUCAN, WONDER.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "BEAR IN MIND" — CONSIDER, COUNT, FACTOR, INCLUDE. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #912. 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.