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Looking for the NYT Connections hints for Wednesday, December 3, 2025? Puzzle #906 asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four. Hints appear first below, followed by the complete categories and answers.
What are today’s Connections hints?
Use these clues before revealing the answer key:
- Yellow: Four types of jewelry.
- Green: Words for a social gathering.
- Blue: Ways to petition or seek support.
- Purple: Complete the titles of four 1970s songs ending in “Man.”
What are the Connections categories for #906?
The four categories in the December 3 puzzle are:
- Yellow: Kinds of jewelry
- Green: Social gathering
- Blue: Petition (for)
- Purple: “___ Man” songs from the ’70s
Spoiler warning: What are the Connections answers for December 3?
The 16 words are LOBBY, PRESS, ROCKET, RECEPTION, CHARM, PIANO, APPEAL, RING, IRON, CHAIN, FUNCTION, CAMPAIGN, PARTY, MACHO, BANGLE and EVENT.
Yellow: Kinds of jewelry
BANGLE, CHAIN, CHARM, RING
Green: Social gathering
EVENT, FUNCTION, PARTY, RECEPTION
Blue: Petition (for)
APPEAL, CAMPAIGN, LOBBY, PRESS
Purple: “___ Man” songs from the ’70s
IRON, MACHO, PIANO, ROCKET
These complete “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath, “Macho Man” by Village People, “Piano Man” by Billy Joel and “Rocket Man” by Elton John. “Macho” may look like it belongs with a description of a person, but here it works as a song-title completion.
How to play NYT Connections
Connections presents 16 terms that must be divided into four groups of four based on a shared connection. The groups are color-coded by difficulty. The puzzle can be played through NYT Games on desktop or mobile, and the Games app is another reported play route. Archive access has been described as available to All Access or Games subscribers; access rules can change.
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