NYT Connections #832 was published on Saturday, September 20, 2025. The groups are Car Brands, Bit of Sports Bar Fare, N.H.L. Team Member, and SKY _____.
Below, the 16 words appear first, followed by progressively stronger hints and then the complete solution. Stop before the spoiler section if you still want to solve the puzzle yourself.
Important transcription note: the supplied word list includes DRY, but the answer set requires FRY. Because FRY is the sports-bar answer and is the only word that makes all four groups work, “DRY” appears to be a transcription error in the archived list.
The 16 words in Connections #832
Here is the archived puzzle grid, with the apparent DRY/FRY transcription issue noted above:
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DUCK · WING · ROCKET · STAR
LARK · DIP · DODGE · SENATOR
RAM · DIVE · FRY · FORD
CHIP · SCRAPER · LINCOLN · FLYER
Hints for Connections #832
Try these in order. The first hint for each group is deliberately broad; later hints give away more.
Yellow group hint
Start your engines. Think of automobile manufacturers rather than parts, models, or driving actions.
Green group hint
Think about something served as a small portion or individual item at a sports bar.
Blue group hint
It is hockey time. Look for singular words that appear in National Hockey League team names.
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Purple group hint
Look up. Each answer completes the phrase “SKY ____.”
One-word nudges
If the group-level hints are not enough, these anchors point toward one member of each category:
- Yellow: LINCOLN
- Green: CHIP
- Blue: ROCKET
- Purple: SENATOR
Spoilers: Connections #832 answers
Warning: the complete groups and explanations are below.
Yellow: Car Brands
DODGE, FORD, LINCOLN, RAM
All four are automobile brands or marque names. This is the most direct group on the board, although DODGE can also look like an action and RAM can suggest an animal or computer memory.
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CHIP, DIP, FRY, WING
These words describe small portions or familiar items associated with sports-bar food: chips, dip, fries, and wings. The word WING is a useful decoy because it can also suggest sports terminology, while CHIP and DIP can be read as verbs rather than food.
Blue: N.H.L. Team Member
DUCK, FLYER, SENATOR, STAR
These are the singular forms represented in NHL franchise names:
- DUCK — Anaheim Ducks
- FLYER — Philadelphia Flyers
- SENATOR — Ottawa Senators
- STAR — Dallas Stars
The singular wording is the main trap. Hockey fans generally know the team names in their plural forms, but the grid uses one member of each group: one duck, one flyer, one senator, and one star.
Purple: SKY _____
DIVE, LARK, ROCKET, SCRAPER
Each word forms a familiar compound or phrase with sky:
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- sky dive or skydiving
- skylark
- skyrocket
- skyscraper
This is the most abstract group. The words do not share a clear subject category on their own; they become a set only when the common word SKY is supplied.
Why this puzzle is tricky
Several words create tempting but incomplete patterns. DUCK, DIP, DODGE, and DIVE can all suggest evasive movements, but they are not a group. Once DODGE is placed with the car brands and DIP with the food, that apparent pattern falls apart.
ROCKET and STAR may initially point toward space or astronomy. In the final solution, ROCKET belongs with the SKY compounds, while STAR is an NHL reference. WING also has a sports-related meaning, but here it is food.
The word-list discrepancy deserves separate attention. A board containing DRY cannot produce the published four-word food group, whereas FRY completes it naturally. The four answer groups account for every other entry exactly, so the intended green-group word is FRY.
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- Remove the car brands first: DODGE, FORD, LINCOLN, and RAM are the cleanest category.
- Find the food: CHIP, DIP, FRY, and WING describe sports-bar fare.
- Reconsider the unusual nouns: DUCK, FLYER, SENATOR, and STAR are singular references to NHL team names.
- Use the remaining words with SKY: DIVE, LARK, ROCKET, and SCRAPER complete the final category.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What date was NYT Connections #832?
Connections #832 was the Saturday, September 20, 2025 puzzle. It should not be confused with a puzzle dated September 20, 2026.
What is the likely DRY/FRY error in the archived word list?
The answer group is CHIP, DIP, FRY, and WING. Since FRY is absent from the supplied 16-word transcription and DRY appears instead, DRY is likely a transcription error. DRY does not complete any of the four reported categories.
Why are DUCK, FLYER, SENATOR, and STAR grouped together?
They are singular versions of words in NHL team names: the Anaheim Ducks, Philadelphia Flyers, Ottawa Senators, and Dallas Stars.
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The Bottom Line
Connections #832 resolves to DODGE, FORD, LINCOLN, RAM; CHIP, DIP, FRY, WING; DUCK, FLYER, SENATOR, STAR; and DIVE, LARK, ROCKET, SCRAPER as the SKY group. The archived word list appears to contain DRY where FRY should be.
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