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Spoilers ahead: These are the hints and complete answers for New York Times Connections puzzle #882, published Sunday, November 9, 2025. Try the progressive clues first if you want to solve it yourself.
Hints for Connections #882
- Yellow: Items used for personal grooming.
- Green: Words describing things packed closely together.
- Blue: Ways to think something over.
- Purple: Each word starts with a sound suggesting a bird.
Connections #882 answers
The four groups below are reported by TechRadar, Parade, and Yahoo Tech in their November 9, 2025 answer guides.
| Category | Words |
|---|---|
| Yellow — PERSONAL GROOMING ITEMS | BRUSH, MIRROR, NAIL FILE, TWEEZERS |
| Green — PACKED | COMPACT, DENSE, THICK, TIGHT |
| Blue — PONDER | DELIBERATE, MUSE, NOODLE, REFLECT |
| Purple — STARTING WITH BIRD HOMOPHONES | CRANIUM, CRONUT, LUNAR, PUFNSTUF |
Why the groupings work
Personal grooming items
BRUSH, MIRROR, NAIL FILE, and TWEEZERS are all tools or objects used in personal grooming. MIRROR completes the set.
Packed
COMPACT, DENSE, THICK, and TIGHT can each describe something packed closely together. COMPACT is the trap: it may suggest a cosmetic compact, but its meaning here is “closely packed,” so it belongs with DENSE, THICK, and TIGHT rather than with the grooming items.
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Ponder
DELIBERATE, MUSE, NOODLE, and REFLECT can all mean to think about or consider something.
Starting with bird homophones
The openings of CRANIUM, CRONUT, LUNAR, and PUFNSTUF suggest the bird names crane, crow, loon, and puffin. The connection is sound-based wordplay, not a claim that the full words have related meanings.
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