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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — September 24, 2025
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Show the word gridAll 16 words — you figure out the groups
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One word per groupTheme name + one word per category
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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
BRAIN
CREPE PAPER
FEATURE
FILM
FLICK
LITTER
PEPPER
PICTURE
POTATO
PRUNE
SCATTER
SHAR PEI
SIXTEEN
SPRINKLE
TALK
TOOTH
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
MOVIEStraightforward
STREWModerate
WRINKLY THINGSTricky
SWEET ___Devious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
MOVIEStraightforward
WORDS FOR SOMETHING YOU'D WATCH AT A CINEMA+ 3 more…
STREWModerate
TO SCATTER OR SPREAD THINGS AROUND LOOSELY+ 3 more…
WRINKLY THINGSTricky
THINGS KNOWN FOR THEIR FOLDS AND RIDGES+ 3 more…
SWEET ___Devious
WORDS THAT FOLLOW 'SWEET' TO MAKE A COMMON PHRASE+ 3 more…
Full solution
MOVIEStraightforward
FEATURE,FILM,FLICK,PICTURE
FEATURE, FILM, FLICK, and PICTURE are all informal or formal synonyms for a movie.
STREWModerate
LITTER,PEPPER,SCATTER,SPRINKLE
LITTER, PEPPER, SCATTER, and SPRINKLE all mean to distribute or spread things about in a dispersed way.
WRINKLY THINGSTricky
BRAIN,CREPE PAPER,PRUNE,SHAR PEI
BRAIN, CREPE PAPER, PRUNE, and SHAR PEI are all famously wrinkly things.
SWEET ___Devious
POTATO,SIXTEEN,TALK,TOOTH
SWEET POTATO, SWEET SIXTEEN, SWEET TALK, and SWEET TOOTH are all well-known compound words or phrases beginning with SWEET.