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Saturday, November 22, 2025
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — November 22, 2025
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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.
BIG
BITTER MELON
CHAYOTE
DAB
DROP
DURIAN
PLEA
RAW
SALTY DOG
SKIPPER
SOURSOP
SPLASH
SWAB
SWEETHEART
TAR
TOUCH
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
LITTLE BITStraightforward
SAILORModerate
TROPICAL FRUITS/VEGETABLESTricky
___ DEALDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
LITTLE BITStraightforward
SMALL AMOUNTS YOU MIGHT ADD TO A RECIPE+ 3 more…
SAILORModerate
TERMS FOR SOMEONE WHO WORKS AT SEA+ 3 more…
TROPICAL FRUITS/VEGETABLESTricky
EXOTIC PRODUCE YOU MIGHT FIND AT A TROPICAL MARKET+ 3 more…
___ DEALDevious
WORDS THAT PRECEDE 'DEAL'+ 3 more…
Full solution
LITTLE BITStraightforward
DAB,DROP,SPLASH,TOUCH
DAB, DROP, SPLASH, and TOUCH all describe a tiny, imprecise small quantity of something
SAILORModerate
SALTY DOG,SKIPPER,SWAB,TAR
SALTY DOG, SKIPPER, SWAB, and TAR are all informal or slang terms for a sailor or seafarer
TROPICAL FRUITS/VEGETABLESTricky
BITTER MELON,CHAYOTE,DURIAN,SOURSOP
BITTER MELON, CHAYOTE, DURIAN, and SOURSOP are all tropical fruits or vegetables used in Asian and Caribbean cuisines
___ DEALDevious
BIG,PLEA,RAW,SWEETHEART
BIG, PLEA, RAW, and SWEETHEART all precede the word DEAL to form common compound phrases: big deal, plea deal, raw deal, sweetheart deal