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Sunday, September 14, 2025
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — September 14, 2025
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
Theme name plus one word from each category.
DOOR, GATE, HATCH, and PORTAL are all types of entryways or openings that allow passage from one space to another.
COMPASS (rose showing direction), INSET (a smaller embedded map), KEY (legend explaining symbols), and SCALE (showing distance ratios) are all standard features found on maps.
BEAT, BEST, BETTER, and TOP all mean to surpass or outperform someone or something.
DOWNING (Street, UK Prime Minister's residence), FLEET (Street, historic center of British press), MAIN (Street, symbol of small-town America), and WALL (Street, symbol of American finance) are all streets with deep symbolic importance.