NYT Connections for Tuesday, October 7, 2025, is puzzle #849. The four groups are hinted at by tittle-tattle, a wedding ceremony, a squad, and Broadway hits with an added first letter. Read only as far as you need; the complete groups are below a spoiler break.
Tiles in today’s puzzle
The board contains these 16 words:
BUZZ, CREW, FANNIE, PACK, RING, TALK, CHAIR, CAKE, DIRT, GROUP, BRENT, SCATS, BOUQUET, BUNCH, DISH, ALTAR.
Hints without the category names
- Yellow: Tittle-tattle.
- Green: Feature in a ceremony.
- Blue: Squad.
- Purple: Broadway hits with something extra.
Spoilers: category names and answers
Stop here if you want to keep solving. The four complete groups follow.
- Yellow — GOSSIP: BUZZ, DIRT, DISH, TALK.
- Green — SEEN AT A WEDDING: ALTAR, BOUQUET, CAKE, RING.
- Blue — TEAM: BUNCH, CREW, GROUP, PACK.
- Purple — MUSICALS PLUS STARTING LETTER: BRENT, CHAIR, FANNIE, SCATS.
How the purple group works
Each purple tile adds a starting letter to a musical title: BRENT is RENT with B added; CHAIR is HAIR with C; FANNIE is ANNIE with F; and SCATS is CATS with S.
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Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four based on a shared connection. TechRadar describes four difficulty colors and allows up to four mistakes; it also says a new board appears at midnight in each player’s time zone. Read TechRadar’s Connections guide or visit the NYT Games Connections page.
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