Connections Hints: Sep 30, 2025

This page shows spoiler-layered hints for the NYT Connections puzzle published on Sep 30, 2025 (2025-09-30). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full group breakdown when you're ready.

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Puzzle #882 · 2025-09-30

Step through today’s Connections hints

Start with broad themes, then reveal more detail about the groups and tiles only when you need it. The final button shows today's full group breakdown.

Puzzle reference: Connections #882 for 2025-09-30, edition main, with a standard four-group board. Spoiler categories and tiles stay collapsed until you open the hint layers below.

Hint 1 – overall theme

There are 4 groups in today’s puzzle.

Themes include: UNNATURAL, AS MANNERISMS, WORDS IN A FAMOUS TONGUE TWISTER, CARTOON BIRDS and 1 more.

Hint 2 – group titles

Here are the category names for each group. Try matching the tiles in the official game to these themes before you reveal any tiles.

UNNATURAL, AS MANNERISMS
WORDS IN A FAMOUS TONGUE TWISTER
CARTOON BIRDS
ENDING WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONES

Hint 3 – group tiles

Reveal the tiles for each group. If you only want a partial nudge, stop after reading one or two groups and go back to the official puzzle.

UNNATURAL, AS MANNERISMS

AWKWARD

STIFF

STILTED

WOODEN

WORDS IN A FAMOUS TONGUE TWISTER

CHUCK

COULD

WOOD

WOODCHUCK

CARTOON BIRDS

FOGHORN

SCROOGE

WOODSTOCK

WOODY

ENDING WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONES

CLASSICS

CREATE

GUTHRIE

THEREFORE

Reveal full answer

This is the full breakdown of today's Connections puzzle: group titles and all tiles, grouped together.