NYT Connections Answers December 28: Crack the Sunday puzzle #931 with these hints and solution

Spoilers ahead! You’ve been warned. Seriously. If you’re still hoping to solve today’s puzzle on your own, now’s the time to turn back. For everyone else who wants clues, confirmations, or the full solution, here are all the NYT Connections hints and answers for puzzle #931 on Sunday, December 28, 2025.

NYT Connections remains a favorite among word-game fans, challenging players to uncover hidden links between seemingly ordinary words. Today’s board mixes straightforward groupings with a few trickier associations that may require a closer look.

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What is NYT Connections?

Connections is a daily word puzzle created by the New York Times Games team. Players are presented with a grid of 16 words and must sort them into four groups of four, based on shared themes or relationships.

Each completed group is marked by a colour that signals its difficulty level. Yellow is considered the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple, which is usually the most abstract and challenging. While multiple words may appear to fit together, only one exact combination solves the puzzle.

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How to play NYT Connections?

When the game begins, players see a four-by-four grid of words. The objective is to select four words that share a common link and submit them as a group.

• Correct groupings disappear and are labelled with their category.
• Incorrect selections count as mistakes.
• Players are allowed up to four errors before the game ends.

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The board can be shuffled at any time, a helpful tool for spotting new patterns. Like Wordle, Connections resets daily at midnight, giving players just one chance per day.

Your goal is to recognize how the words connect and successfully organize all four groups.

Connections difficulty levels explained

Each group is colour-coded by difficulty:

Yellow – Easiest

Green – Moderate

Blue – Challenging

Purple – Most difficult

The game is free to play on the NYT Games app and the New York Times website.

Hints for today’s Connections categories (December 28, 2025)

Today’s puzzle includes themes related to shipping, stillness, mechanical parts, and playful word changes.

Extra hint for each Connections group, as per a report by Today and Forbes.

Here’s a clue to guide you through each category:

• Yellow – Items you put things into before sending them off
• Green – Words that suggest not moving
• Blue – Components you might adjust when building or repairing a device
• Purple – Change the first letter of each word to reveal the pattern

One word from each Connections category today

Yellow group word: Tube

Green group word: Still

Blue group word: Pawl

Purple group word: Noodle

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Connections categories today, December 28

Yellow group category: Containers for shipping

Green group category: Unmoving

Blue group category: Mechanical watch parts

Purple group category: Dogs with first letter changed


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Today’s Connections game answers for Sunday, December 28

Here are the confirmed solutions for puzzle #931:

CONTAINERS FOR SHIPPING: BOX, ENVELOPE, MAILER, TUBE

UNMOVING: CONSTANT, STATIC, STATIONARY, STILL

MECHANICAL WATCH PARTS: GEAR, PAWL, RATCHET, SPRING

DOGS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED: DUSKY, NOODLE, PERRIER, SOXER

FAQs

How many mistakes are allowed in NYT Connections?
Players can make up to four incorrect guesses before the puzzle ends.

Can you replay Connections after finishing the puzzle?
No, Connections offers only one attempt per day, with a new puzzle released at midnight local time.