Wed Sep 25 03:00:07 UTC 2024: ## Connections Puzzle Solved: Sports, Painting, Food & Derbies

The New York Times’ Connections puzzle for September 25th, 2024, has been cracked! This brain teaser challenged players to group 16 words into four categories based on their connections.

**The Yellow Group** (easiest) revolved around “trio of sports achievements,” with the correct answers being **hat trick**, **threepeat**, **trifecta**, and **triple crown**.

**The Green Group** focused on “needs for painting a room,” leading to the answers **drop cloth**, **paint**, **roller**, and **tape**.

**The Blue Group** centered on “food named after cities,” with the answers being **broil**, **cheesesteak**, **sprouts**, and **wings** (referencing London, Philadelphia, Brussels, and Buffalo respectively).

**The Purple Group** (toughest) involved the theme of “___ derby,” with the answers being **demolition**, **home run**, **Kentucky**, and **soap box**.

Players can now use the new Connections Bot to analyze their answers and receive a numeric score. Registered Times Games users can also track their progress and stats.

This latest Connections puzzle proves to be a challenging yet rewarding brain teaser, with its diverse categories and subtle connections between seemingly unrelated words.

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