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entertainment5 days ago•4 min saved

NYT Connections #1075: Hints, categories, and the final solution

Mashable breaks down NYT Connections #1075 (May 21, 2026), explaining how the daily puzzle works (16 words arranged into four color-coded groups) and sharing both hints and the final answers. The article lists the category hints (Yellow: Dessert; Green: Things associated with butts; Blue: Tennis scoring terms; Purple: Mustard) and then reveals the solutions: kinds of pies – CHESS, PECAN, PUMPKIN, SHOOFLY; things associated with butts – CABOOSE, CAN, MOON, PEACHT; tennis scoring terms – ADVANTAGE, DEUCE, FORTY, LOVE; mustard – COLONEL, HONEY, HOT, YELLOW. It also notes you can skip to the end for the answers if you prefer to solve first.

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entertainment6 days ago•4 min saved

NYT Connections #1074: Hints, strategies, and the May 20 solution

Mashable breaks down NYT Connections #1074 for May 20, 2026, explaining how the game works (16 words, four color-coded groups) and revealing today’s solutions across the four categories: Yellow—Stove knob settings (HIGH, MEDIUM, OFF, SIMMER); Green—Potency (CONCENTRATION, FORCE, INTENSITY, MIGHT); Blue—Music theory concepts (INTERVAL, KEY, MODE, SCALE); Purple—“___ Day” movies (GROUNDHOG, INDEPENDENCE, THE LONGEST, TRAINING). The piece also offers general hints and strategies and notes you can shuffle the board and that players get up to four mistakes before the game ends.

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entertainment7 days ago•4 min saved

NYT Connections #1073: Hints and Answers for May 19, 2026

Mashable walks you through NYT Connections #1073 (May 19, 2026) with category hints and the four solution groups: Things babies do (BABBLE, CRY, NURSE, TEETHE); Modify deceptively (ALTER, COOK, DOCTOR, FUDGE); Judy Blume books (BLUBBER, DEENIE, FOREVER, SUPERFUDGE); Fish minus a letter (FOUNDER, SALON, SURGEON, TROT).

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entertainment14 days ago•4 min saved

Unlocking NYT Connections #1066: Four Groups Unveiled

Mashable gives hints and the official solution for NYT Connections #1066 (May 12, 2026). The four categories with answers are: Substantial book: OPUS, TOME, VOLUME, WORK; 'Saint' cities: MONICA, PAULO, PETERSBURG, SALVADOR; 'Long' things: DISTANCE, DIVISION, JOHNS, WEEKEND; Currencies plus a letter: FRANCI, RANDO, REALM, WONK. The piece also explains how Connections works (grouping four words by a common thread, color-coded difficulty) and offers tips for solving.

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entertainment15 days ago•4 min saved

Unravel NYT Connections: May 11, 2026 Hints and Answers

Mashable summarizes NYT Connections, a Wordle-like puzzle where 16 words are grouped into four color‑coded categories. For puzzle #1065, the article provides the hints and final solutions: Move stealthily, with “In” -> CREEP, SLIP, SNEAK, STEAL; Kinds of schemes -> COLOR, PONZI, PYRAMID, RHYME; Detective movies -> CHINATOWN, KNIVES OUT, SEVEN, VERTIGO; Body parts surrounded by two letters -> ELEGY, KARMA, KEYED, SHANDY. It also explains the game and notes you can skip to the end for the answers if you just want them.

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entertainment22 days ago•4 min saved

Connections #1058: Sweet clues, knob-filled items, and dog-name themes

Mashable breaks down NYT Connections puzzle #1058 for May 4, 2026, sharing the four word-group clues and their solutions: Yellow clues for tender-hearted terms (MARSHMALLOW, SOFTIE, SWEETHEART, TEDDY BEAR); Green clues for pellet-filled things (BEANIE BABY, DESSICANT PACKET, EYE PILLOW, HACKY SACK); Blue clues for things with knobs (CONTROL PANEL, ETCH A SKETCH, RADIO, STOVE); Purple clues for names starting familiar dog kinds (CHOWDER, DOODLEBUG, LABUBU, PITTER-PATTER). The article also covers how the game works and notes you can view the solutions if you’re short on time.

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entertainment25 days ago•4 min saved

Cracking NYT Connections #1055: Hints and the Four Word Groups Revealed

Mashable shares hints and the official solution for NYT Connections #1055 (May 1, 2026), detailing the four word groups: Make glossy (BUFF, POLISH, SHINE, WAX); Translucent golden things (ALE, AMBER, CITRINE, HONEY); Features of a bird's head (BEAK, COMB, CREST, WATTLE); Numbers with first letter changed (HIVE, MIX, POUR, WIGHT). The piece also explains the game mechanics and how to play.

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entertainment29 days ago•4 min saved

NYT Connections #1051: Hints, Categories, and Answers Revealed

Mashable provides hints and the full solutions for NYT Connections puzzle #1051 (April 27, 2026). The article explains the four categories and lists the correct groupings: Salad ingredients — Ranch dressing, Red onion, Roasted chicken, Romaine lettuce; Classic films — Rain Man, Rear Window, Reservoir Dogs, Roman Holiday; The Simpsons characters — Radioactive Man, Ralph Wiggum, Reverend Lovejoy, Rod Flanders; Ending in NBA players — Raging Bull, Regina King, Roe Buck, Rotary Clipper. It also notes you can skip to the end for the answers if you prefer, and offers general tips on solving the game.

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entertainment1 month ago•4 min saved

Cracking NYT Connections #1049: Hints, tips, and play guidance

Mashable breaks down NYT Connections #1049 with practical hints and strategies, explaining the 16-word, four-category puzzle, how the color-coded difficulty levels guide solving, and how to use clues and shuffles to spot connections; the piece also references the prior puzzle’s solution for context.

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entertainment1 month ago•4 min saved

Crack NYT Connections #1043: April 19 Tips, Hints, and Official Answers

Mashable breaks down NYT Connections #1043 for April 19, 2026 with color-coded hints and category clues, then shares the official solutions for the four groups (Cheeky, Dress measurements, Cards in Texas Hold ’Em, and Last words of candy brands in the singular) to help solvers verify their answers and compare strategies.

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technology1 month ago•4 min saved

March 30 NYT Connections: Imitations, Playful Twists, and Rental Cars

The NYT Connections puzzle for March 30, 2026 (#1023) groups items into four themes: imitation (yellow), play around with (green), car rental companies (blue), and snack-brand wordplay (purple). Answers: yellow = dummy, ersatz, faux, mock; green = futz, mess, tinker, toy; blue = Avis, Budget, Dollar, Hertz; purple = Fritz, Plays, Truffles, Utz (from Ritz, Lays, Ruffles, and Yutz). The article notes a Connections Bot and provides hints and related puzzle references.

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entertainment2 months ago•4 min saved

Crack the NYT Connections #1001: Hints, categories, and the full solution for March 8, 2026

Mashable lays out hints and the full solution for the NYT Connections puzzle #1001 (March 8, 2026). The four category groups are: Cities (LIMA, NICE, OSAKA, PHOENIX); Palindromes (EYE, REFER, ROTATOR, a fourth palindrome in the article’s copy); Horror movies minus 'S' (GREMLIN, JAW, SINNER, TREMOR); and Starting with slang for zero (JACK, NADA, SQUATTER, ZIPPER). The piece also explains the game basics, category hints, and notes you can jump to the end for the answers if you want.

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entertainment2 months ago•9 min saved

Unraveled: The Four Groups Behind Today’s NYT Connections

Spoilers ahead: this Lifehacker guide breaks down NYT Connections for March 8, 2026 (#1001), revealing four groups—Yellow: Cities (Lima, Nice, Osaka, Phoenix); Green: Palindromes (Eye, Refer, Rotator, Seles); Blue: Horror Movies minus 'S' (Gremlin, Jaw, Sinner, Tremor); Purple: words starting with slang for zero (Jacket, Nadal, Squatter, Zipper)—along with tips and strategies for solving and avoiding overreliance on spoilers.

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games2 months ago•4 min saved

Inside the 1,000th Connections puzzle: designers reveal board-building secrets

Marking the 1,000th Connections puzzle, this interview with editor Wyna Liu explores how board design uses cross-category misdirection, varied wordplay, and solver expectations to create challenge, alongside insight into the companion art process by Calum Heath and Kathy Lee that ties illustrations back to the game’s clues.

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entertainment3 months ago•4 min saved

Cracking NYT Connections #981: Hints, Categories, and the Four Answers

Mashable lays out hints and the official solutions for NYT Connections #981 (Feb 16, 2026), detailing four categories and their answers: Knee slapper (HOOT, LAUGH, RIOT, SCREAM), Homophones (DO, DOE, DOH, DOUGHS), Sounds a chicken makes (BUCK, CACKLE, CLUCK, SQUAWK), and Stress responses (FAWN, FIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZE).

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