NYT Connections Delivers Four Fresh Categories and Answers for September 12, 2025

Lead The New York Times released puzzle #824 of its popular Connections game today, challenging players worldwide with themes spanning pleas, contact info, camera lenses and water bodies-with a twist-on September 12, 2025.

Nut Graf Connections, which debuted in June 2023, continues to engage word-game enthusiasts by grouping 16 words into four thematic sets under colour-coded hints. Today’s edition blended straightforward categories with lateral-thinking cues, demonstrating why the game remains a daily ritual for vocabulary lovers.

Main Part

Yellow Group - Entreaty Hint: Consider a plea made with urgency. Words: Appeal, Bid, Call, Petition

Green Group - Contact Details Hint: Think about information included in shipping confirmations. Words: Address, Email, Name, Number

Blue Group - Types of Camera Lenses Hint: Reflect on different methods for capturing images. Words: Fisheye, Macro, Telephoto, Zoom

Purple Group - Bodies of Water Plus Starting Letter Hint: Think about locations suitable for swimming. Words: Driver, eBay, Finlet, Flake

Additional Context

  • Connections players have four attempts to sort the 16 words correctly, with each colour indicating increasing difficulty (yellow easiest, purple hardest).
  • Today’s puzzle balanced accessible categories (yellow and green) with a trickier purple set requiring extra letter-play.
  • Connections is freely available on the NYT Games portal and mobile apps, with archives for past puzzles.
  • Veteran solvers recommend starting with obvious groupings before tackling the more cryptic categories.