Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Dec. 22 #925
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is pretty tough. There’s another one of those tricky purple categories where you have to see words buried within other words. If you need help sorting them into groups, you’ve come to the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: To flood.
Green group index: After you!
Blue group index: Tarot is another type.
Purple group index: Crayola products, but mess with the letters.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Influx.
Green group: Following.
Blue group: Kinds of cards.
Purple group: Colors minus the last letter.
Learn more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections answers?
The NYT Connections puzzle completed by December 22, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is influx. The four responses are reckless, hasty, surging and vague.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is following. The four answers come, follow, future and later.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is kinds of cards. The four responses are business, greeting, membership, and play.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is colors minus the last letter. The four answers are brow (brown), cya (cyan), pin (pink), and whit (white).
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