NYT Connections Hints for September 20, 2025: Unlock Today’s Puzzle Fast

If today’s NYT Connections puzzle (#832, Saturday, September 20, 2025) has you stumped, you’re in the right place. Below you’ll find spoiler-free clues, strategy tips and—further down—the full set of answers, so you can decide exactly how much help you want. What is NYT Connections and when does it update? Connections is The New York Times’ daily word-grouping brainteaser that drops at midnight in your local time zone. Sixteen seemingly unrelated words must be sorted into four hidden categories. Yellow is easiest, then green, blue and, finally, the notoriously tricky purple. A single wrong guess counts as a strike; four strikes end your game, so smart elimination is key. Quick tips before you peek • Work systematically: drag obvious pairs together first to test overlap. • Watch for homonyms, idioms and affixes—they love to double back on themselves. • Save one strike until the end; it can confirm your last two categories without blowing the whole grid. Today’s spoiler-free NYT Connections hints Still want to solve it yourself? Here are cryptic nudges without revealing any words: 1. Yellow: Four rides born in Detroit. 2. Green: Bar-food bites you can share while the game is on. 3. Blue: Pros who glide on frozen water. 4. Purple: SKY-high ambitions. Need an extra push? First letters of each answer set are below (scramble them to keep things vague): D F L R | C D F W | D F S S | D L R S. Scroll past the photo of an anxious solver only when you’re ready for full spoilers. — SPOILER BARRIER — Today’s NYT Connections answers Yellow – Car brands: DODGE, FORD, LINCOLN, RAM Green – Bit of sports-bar fare: CHIP, DIP, FRY, WING Blue – N.H.L. team member: DUCK, FLYER, SENATOR, STARS Purple – SKY___: DIVE, LARK, ROCKET, SCRAPER Why these categories work • All four Yellow answers are US-made automotive marques, a perennial NYT favorite for grouping. • Green taps classic finger foods; note that “fry” and “wing” can mislead players into a chicken category. • Blue leans on NHL mascots rather than city names, which often traps non-sports fans. • Purple’s “SKY___” trick exploits compound nouns—the blank can sit before or after each word. How today’s grid compares Puzzle #832 falls squarely in the medium-hard range. Sports fans likely cruised through green and blue, while casual players struggled to separate DUCK from DODGE. The deceptive overlap between vehicle terms and animals produced more strikes than usual. Share your win streak—spoiler-free—on social and keep the conversation friendly. And if you missed earlier grids, bookmark this page; we update our NYT Connections hints and answers every midnight to keep your streak alive. Good luck with tomorrow’s puzzle!