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This is the NYT Connections puzzle dated Sunday, November 23, 2025, game #896. If you want help without seeing the solutions, stop before the answer key.
Gentle hints for Connections #896
- Yellow: Think of words that describe a relaxed or forgiving approach.
- Green: These are places where animals live.
- Blue: Look for films by the director of Any Given Sunday.
- Purple: These are the second words in titles of hit songs by a Swedish pop group.
More specific clues
- Yellow: The category is LENIENT.
- Green: The category is ANIMAL HOMES.
- Blue: The category is OLIVER STONE MOVIES.
- Purple: The category is SECOND WORDS IN TITLES OF ABBA HITS.
How the groupings come together
A tempting false pattern is JFK, LAX, MIA, and DEN: all four can look like airport codes. They do not form a Connections group here; those tiles belong to different categories. WARREN may also suggest a political surname, but in this puzzle it belongs with animal homes.
A straightforward solving route is to spot the four lenient synonyms first, then identify the animal homes. The remaining tiles divide into Oliver Stone movie titles and words from ABBA hit titles.
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Answer key for Connections #896
Second spoiler warning: The groups and all 16 tiles are revealed below.
| Color | Category | Tiles |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | LENIENT | EASY, LAX, LOOSE, SLACK |
| Green | ANIMAL HOMES | BURROW, DEN, LODGE, WARREN |
| Blue | OLIVER STONE MOVIES | JFK, NIXON, PLATOON, WALL STREET |
| Purple | SECOND WORDS IN TITLES OF ABBA HITS | GIMME, MIA, QUEEN, TROUPER |
Why the purple group fits
The four tiles complete the second words in ABBA hit titles: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, and Super Trouper.
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This answer key is for the November 23, 2025 puzzle, game #896. Connections puzzles appear at midnight in each time zone, according to TechRadar’s dated guide, so “today” can refer to different calendar dates depending on where a reader is. The category-to-tile assignments are reported consistently by TechRadar and Parade, with the category structure and ABBA examples also described by Forbes. These are secondary answer guides; an official NYT archive record for this past puzzle is not established here.
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