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Saturday, November 15, 2025
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — November 15, 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.
BUFFER
CHARACTER
COLON
COMFORT
DASH
FILM
FLAVOR
METHOD
PERIOD
SALT
SEASON
SLASH
SPICE
STAGE
TIME
TWILIGHT
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
ENHANCE THE TASTE OFStraightforward
PUNCTUATION MARKSModerate
KINDS OF ACTORSTricky
___ ZONEDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
ENHANCE THE TASTE OFStraightforward
WHAT A GOOD COOK DOES TO MAKE FOOD TASTE BETTER+ 3 more…
PUNCTUATION MARKSModerate
SYMBOLS YOU FIND BETWEEN WORDS OR SENTENCES IN WRITING+ 3 more…
KINDS OF ACTORSTricky
TYPES OF ACTORS OR ACTING STYLES+ 3 more…
___ ZONEDevious
WORDS THAT PRECEDE ZONE TO MAKE A COMMON PHRASE+ 3 more…
Full solution
ENHANCE THE TASTE OFStraightforward
FLAVOR,SALT,SEASON,SPICE
FLAVOR, SALT, SEASON, and SPICE all mean to enhance or add taste to food.
PUNCTUATION MARKSModerate
COLON,DASH,PERIOD,SLASH
COLON, DASH, PERIOD, and SLASH are all punctuation marks used in written language.
KINDS OF ACTORSTricky
CHARACTER,FILM,METHOD,STAGE
CHARACTER actor, FILM actor, METHOD actor, and STAGE actor are all types or categories of actors.
___ ZONEDevious
BUFFER,COMFORT,TIME,TWILIGHT
BUFFER ZONE, COMFORT ZONE, TIME ZONE, and TWILIGHT ZONE are all common compound phrases using ZONE.