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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a tough one. There’s a “tut” and a “tut-tut” in there — which is pretty hilarious — but they land in different categories. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: A kid might hear this when they’re in trouble.
Green group hint: Go, go, go!
Blue group hint: Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood star.
Purple group hint: Not queen, but…
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: “You should know better!”
Green group: Move quickly.
Blue group: Eddie Murphy roles.
Purple group: King ____.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Sept. 10, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is “You should know better!” The four answers are bad, shame, tsk and tut tut.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is move quickly. The four answers are barrel, fly, race and zip.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Eddie Murphy roles. The four answers are Akeem, Dolittle, Donkey and Foley.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is king ____. The four answers are cake, cobra, Kong and Tut.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
