The 10 hardest New York Times Connections puzzles of 2025

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The hardest New York Times Connections puzzle of 2025 was on April 1st, featuring symbols and emoticons, with only 29% of players solving it. This puzzle had a difficulty score of 4.6 and included categories like emoticon mouths and letter combinations, with many players mistakenly grouping letters like N, O, P, and R. The first half of 2025 saw significantly more difficult puzzles than the latter half, with 19 puzzles rated four or higher before May.


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