NYT Connections #839: Here’s all you need to know about the hints and answers for September 27 game

NYT Connections is a daily game that challenges players to find common threads between words. Playing the game is quite simple: Select four groups of four words without making more than four mistakes. Today’s NYT Connections is by Wyna Liu. You can play it either on the NYT website or on the Games app.

NYT Connections: How to play it?

After the main crossword, Connections is the second-most-played NYT Games puzzle on the internet. It is extremely fun and thought-provoking. You have to carefully divide 16 words into four groups of four. There has to be some connection between the words in each group. You get only four attempts to solve the puzzle.

Remember that the words in the green and yellow groups will be synonymous. Try to compile a list of words with cultural connotations for the blue category. Purple groups mainly have wordplay.

NYT Connection: Hints for September 27 game

Blue group: Related to favorite snack at movies

Yellow group: Goes with affection

Green group: Related to body parts

Purple group: Denotes actions

NYT Connections groups for September 27, 2025

Blue group – Popcorn-Making Methods

Yellow group – Loving

Green group – Appendages

Purple group – Squander with “Away”

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NYT Connections: Answers for #839 puzzle

Blue words: KETTLE, MICROWAVE, POPPER, STOVETOP

Yellow words: KIND, SWEET, TENDER, WARM

Green words: ARM, FIN, FLIPPER, WING

Purple words: FIDDLE, FRITTER, THROW, TRIFLE

All about NYT Connections

One of the key players in the creation and introduction of NYT Connections in 2023 was Wyna Liu, associate puzzle editor for The New York Times.

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According to Today.com, Wyna Liu drew a lot of inspiration from cartoonist Robert Leighton's work to create something as imaginative and entertaining as NYT Connections. “I was inspired by their playfulness and use of free association, and thinking about these puzzles reminded me of how meaning can be communicated succinctly,” Wyna Liu said.

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