NYT Connections Answer and Hints for 11 Sep 2025 – Puzzle #823
NYT Connections Answer & Hints for September 11, 2025 — Puzzle #823
Stuck on today’s Connections? Below you’ll find an explanation of the puzzle, quick definitions for every word,
gentle hints, the exact category titles, a single “nudge” word from each group, and the complete solution.
Use the table of contents to jump to what you need.
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- About Today’s Connections
- Definitions of the 16 Words
- General Hints
- Category Titles (Spoilers)
- One Word From Each Category (Spoilers)
- Full Solution (Major Spoilers)
About Today’s Connections Puzzle
Puzzle #823 (published September 11, 2025) asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four based on
a shared idea. Difficulty tiers range from easy to tough. Beware of red herrings and words that seem to fit multiple groups!
Definitions of the 16 Words
Alphabetical to avoid hints about groupings:
| Word | Short definition |
|---|---|
| BASE | The bottom support; in baseball, one of the stations a runner touches. |
| BOX | A container; in baseball, an area such as the batter’s box. |
| COLOSSUS | Something or someone of enormous size or importance. |
| DENT | A small hollow or depression made by a blow or pressure. |
| DING | A small nick or minor damage to a surface. |
| MAMMOTH | Extremely large; also, an extinct elephant-like animal. |
| MAR | To impair or spoil the appearance/quality of something. |
| MOUND | A raised heap; in baseball, the pitcher’s mound. |
| PLATE | A flat dish; in baseball, home plate. |
| POINT | To indicate or direct attention with a finger or object. |
| SCRATCH | A thin mark or abrasion made by scraping. |
| SNICKER | A half-suppressed, often mocking laugh. |
| STARE | To look fixedly, often with eyes wide open. |
| WHALE | A very large marine mammal; informally, something huge. |
| WHISPER | To speak very softly, using breath rather than full voice. |
| WHOPPER | Something unusually large. |
General Hints
Spoiler-light: The notes below nudge you without revealing category titles or answers.
- One category is about small physical blemishes or imperfections.
- Another is about things that are unusually large.
- There’s a set that involves rude behaviour / quiet voice.
- The final group has something to do with baseball.
Category Titles
Spoiler warning: Category names shown below.
- 🟨 Yellow: “Blemish”
- 🟩 Green: “Behemoth”
- 🟦 Blue: “Rude things to do”
- 🟪 Purple: “On a baseball field”
One Word From Each Category
Spoiler warning: One example word per category follows.
- 🟨 From Blemish: SCRATCH
- 🟩 From Behemoth: WHALE
- 🟦 From Rude things to do: STARE
- 🟪 From On a baseball field: PLATE
Full Solution
Major spoiler: Complete answers for #823 below.
NYT Connections #823 — Full Groups
- 🟨 Yellow — Blemish → DENT, DING, MAR, SCRATCH
- 🟩 Green — Behemoth → COLOSSUS, MAMMOTH, WHALE, WHOPPER
- 🟦 Blue — Rude things to do → POINT, SNICKER, STARE, WHISPER
- 🟪 Purple — On a baseball field → BASE, BOX, MOUND, PLATE
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