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Need a nudge for NYT Connections puzzle #930 from Saturday, December 27, 2025? Start with the hints below and stop before the answer key if you want to keep solving. The full groups and all 16 words follow.
Hints for Connections #930
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four. The categories may rely on shared meanings or wordplay, and plausible-looking links can be red herrings. The color tiers generally move from easier yellow to harder purple. For this puzzle, try the clues in order and pause whenever you have enough to continue.
- Yellow: Take to the skies. Sample word: ECONOMY.
- Green: Don’t pretend it’s yours. Sample word: NAME.
- Blue: All in a day’s work. Sample word: CALLING.
- Purple: Drink up. Sample word: REPORT.
The 16 words on the board
CREDIT, VILLAGER, CALLING, FIRST, BUSINESS, NAME, REPORT, NAMESAKE, DECIDER, PREMIUM, CRAFT, ECONOMY, LINE, CITE, TRADE, REFERENCE.
Answers for December 27, 2025
Yellow — Airline Classes
BUSINESS, ECONOMY, FIRST, PREMIUM.
Green — Attribute
CITE, CREDIT, NAME, REFERENCE.
Blue — Vocation
CALLING, CRAFT, LINE, TRADE.
Purple — Ending with Alcoholic Beverages
DECIDER, NAMESAKE, REPORT, VILLAGER.
The purple group hides drink names at the ends of the words: decider, namesake, report, and villager.
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How the groups fit together
The yellow set names airline cabin classes. The green words can all mean to attribute something to a source or person. The blue words are terms for a vocation or line of work. Purple is the wordplay group: each answer ends with the name of an alcoholic beverage.
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