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Saturday, December 13, 2025
Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — December 13, 2025
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Word grid
All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.
AJA
APOSTLE
ARE
CULOTTE
DEPOT
GAUCHO
GOODEN
HAREM
HER
HERCULE
MORTGAGE
PALAZZO
PIAZZA
POIROT
SEAVER
STRAWBERRY
Themes
The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.
WIDE-LEGGED PANT STYLESStraightforward
SILENT "T"Moderate
NEW YORK METS LEGENDSTricky
GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES MINUS A LETTERDevious
One word per group
Theme name plus one word from each category.
WIDE-LEGGED PANT STYLESStraightforward
BREEZY BOTTOMS WITH ROOM TO SPARE — THESE PANTS HAVE A LOT OF LEG+ 3 more…
SILENT "T"Moderate
WORDS WHERE THE LETTER T HIDES IN PLAIN SIGHT, NEVER SPOKEN ALOUD+ 3 more…
NEW YORK METS LEGENDSTricky
BELOVED PLAYERS WHO WORE THE BLUE AND ORANGE IN QUEENS+ 3 more…
GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES MINUS A LETTERDevious
FAMOUS FIGURES FROM GREEK MYTH, EACH MISSING ONE LETTER FROM THEIR NAME+ 3 more…
Full solution
WIDE-LEGGED PANT STYLESStraightforward
CULOTTE,GAUCHO,HAREM,PALAZZO
Culotte, gaucho, harem, and palazzo are all styles of wide-legged or flowy pants with distinctive silhouettes.
SILENT "T"Moderate
APOSTLE,DEPOT,MORTGAGE,POIROT
In apostle, depot, mortgage, and Poirot, the letter T appears in the spelling but is not pronounced.
NEW YORK METS LEGENDSTricky
GOODEN,PIAZZA,SEAVER,STRAWBERRY
Dwight Gooden, Mike Piazza, Tom Seaver, and Darryl Strawberry are all iconic New York Mets players celebrated as franchise legends.
GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES MINUS A LETTERDevious
AJA,ARE,HER,HERCULE
AJA = AJAX, ARE = ARES, HER = HERA, HERCULE = HERCULES — each is a Greek mythological figure with one letter removed from their name.