NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Sunday, December 14, 2025 (#917)

Puzzle #917. 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 Sunday, December 14, 2025 (puzzle #917) is: YELLOW — LAY IT ON THICK: FAWN, FLATTER, GUSH, PRAISE. GREEN — HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN FIGURES: DUCKLING, EMPEROR, MERMAID, PRINCESS. BLUE — SILENT "L": CALF, CHALK, COLONEL, WOULD. PURPLE — FICTIONAL PIGS: BABE, NAPOLEON, PIGLET, PORKY.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Sunday, December 14, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

DUCKLING
COLONEL
NAPOLEON
PRINCESS
CALF
PIGLET
EMPEROR
FAWN
GUSH
MERMAID
CHALK
PORKY
PRAISE
WOULD
BABE
FLATTER

How hard is Connections #917?

Easy30/100
  • Four clean, meaning-based categories with little overlap.

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 Sunday, December 14, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Sunday, December 14, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Sunday, December 14, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, December 14, 2025 (puzzle #917) is: YELLOW — LAY IT ON THICK: FAWN, FLATTER, GUSH, PRAISE. GREEN — HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN FIGURES: DUCKLING, EMPEROR, MERMAID, PRINCESS. BLUE — SILENT "L": CALF, CHALK, COLONEL, WOULD. PURPLE — FICTIONAL PIGS: BABE, NAPOLEON, PIGLET, PORKY.

What is the purple group in Connections #917?

The purple (hardest) group is "FICTIONAL PIGS": BABE, NAPOLEON, PIGLET, PORKY.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "LAY IT ON THICK" — FAWN, FLATTER, GUSH, PRAISE. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Sunday, December 14, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #917. 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.