Looking for a hint for today’s Connections puzzle? Below, we have clues to help you unlock whichever category has you stumped for the puzzle on December 20, 2025.
Connections first launched on the New York Times in June 2023. The premise is deceptively simple: Players have to find the thematic connection of four groups of four words ... without making more than four mistakes.
Today’s Connections has categories about holders, rockers, and more.
Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #923, on December 20.
A hint for each Connections category today, December 20
Yellow group hint: Types of trash bins
Green group hint: Treatments for clothing
Blue group hint: Names of classic music groups
Purple group hint: Phrases that share the same first word
A word in each Connections category today, December 20
Yellow group word: Bucket
Green group word: Dry
Blue group word: Cure
Purple group word: Salt
Connections categories today, December 20
Yellow group category: Containers
Green group category: Laundry services
Blue group category: British bands formed in the 1970s, with “The”
Purple group category: Rock _____
Here are the answers to Connections today, December 20
What are the yellow words in today’s Connections?
Containers: Bucket, can, drum, tin
What are the green words in today’s Connections?
Laundry services: Dry, fold, press, wash
What are the blue words in today’s Connections?
British bands formed in the 1970s, with “The”: Clash, Cure, Damned, Fall
What are the purple words in today’s Connections?
Rock _____: Bottom, lobster, music, salt
