Connections Hints
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — September 25, 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.
BLUE, LEFT, LIBERAL, and PROGRESSIVE are all terms used to describe left-leaning political ideology or affiliation in American politics.
CONE, CUP, SHAKE, and SPLIT are all classic ways to order or serve ice cream at an ice cream parlor.
THE DEPARTED, THE GOOD SHEPHERD, THE MARTIAN, and THE RAINMAKER are all movies starring Matt Damon.
APOLLO refers to: the fictional boxer Apollo Creed from Rocky, the Greek/Roman god Apollo, the Apollo spacecraft program, and the Apollo Theater in Harlem.