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Today's NYT Connections puzzle is a challenge. The purple category is another one of those where you need to hunt down words buried inside of other words and find the connection that way. If you need help sorting them into groups, you're in the right place. 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.
Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time
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: Close enough.
Green group hint: Gosh darn it!
Blue group hint: Baseballer.
Purple group hint: Hidden family.
Answers for today's Connections groups
Yellow group: Approximate.
Green group: Mild oaths.
Blue group: MLB player.
Purple group: Family member nickname plus a letter.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today's Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Dec. 2, 2025.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today's Connections
The theme is approximate. The four answers are ballpark, broad, general and rough.
The green words in today's Connections
The theme is mild oaths. The four answers are frick, fudge, shoot and sugar.
The blue words in today's Connections
The theme is MLB player. The four answers are Angel, Met, Ray and Royal.
The purple words in today's Connections
The theme is family member nickname plus a letter. The four answers are brow (bro), dada (dad), MOMA (mom) and sisi (sis).
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