NYT Connections Hints Today, September 17, 2025: Complete Clues And Solutions

NYT Connections For Today September 17, 2025: The New York Times Connections game challenges your brain to think critically and strategically as you group words based on shared themes. With its engaging puzzles, players work through four categories of four words each, all connected by a common link. For today's (September 17, 2025) puzzle #829, here's a breakdown of the hints, category clues, and final answer to solve the puzzle easily: 

Today's NYT Connections For September 17, 2025 Word List

Here are the 16 words for Connections on September 17, 2025 (Game #829):

• PINWHEEL

• RAINBOW

• STUFF

• BACKPEDAL

• WEDGE

• FLIP-FLOP

• VANE

• JAM

• ABOUT-FACE

• WIND CHIME

• SHOEHORN

• FLAG

• NEIGHBOURHOOD

• STREET

• KANGAROO

• RENEGE

Today's NYT Connections Hints For September 17, 2025

These clues help you group the words into four categories, by increasing difficulty (yellow easiest and purple hardest):

• Yellow: Items that need a breeze 

• Green: Switch sides

• Blue: Squeeze them in 

• Purple: Partial names of kids’ TV classics 

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Today's NYT Connections Categories For September 17, 2025

To help further, here are more detailed hints for each group:

• Yellow: think of things that move or work when there’s wind or air flow. 

• Green: these are phrases where someone changes position, side, opinion, etc. 

• Blue: words that suggest forcing space, fitting something in tightly. 

• Purple: look for words that are the last word (or part) in the titles of long-running children’s TV shows. 

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Today's NYT Connections For September 17, 2025, Answers

• Yellow: FLAG, WIND CHIME, PINWHEEL, VANE

• Green: FLIP-FLOP, RENEGE, ABOUT-FACE, BACKPEDAL

• Blue: STUFF, WEDGE, JAM, SHOEHORN

• Purple: KANGAROO, STREET, NEIGHBORHOOD, RAINBOW

Keep practising, and soon you’ll be a Connections pro.

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