NYT Connections, a daily word puzzle from The New York Times, challenges players to group 16 words into four sets of four based on commonalities. The August 26, 2025 puzzle features categories that include identifying characteristics, unpleasant terms ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989 ...

TODAY’S WORD — WHOLESOME (WHOLESOME: HOLE-sum: Good for one’s health or well-being.) Average mark 26 words Time limit 40 minutes Can you find 37 or more words in WHOLESOME? The list will be published tomorrow. YESTERDAY’S WORD — INCENTIVE: incite ...

NYT Connections is a word puzzle from The New York Times published one time per day that tests your ability to notice more subtle relationships between seemingly unrelated words. With each puzzle having 16 different words, the object of the game is to work ...