Looking for the most recent<\/strong> Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today’s NYT\u00a0Connections puzzle\u00a0is another tough one. You’ll need to tweak a letter in certain words to fill out the purple category. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers. <\/p>\n The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak. <\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong>\u00a0Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. <\/p>\n Yellow group hint<\/strong>: Ooh, pretty.<\/p>\n Green group hint<\/strong>: Not silver.<\/p>\n Blue group hint<\/strong>: Tweet-tweet!<\/p>\n Purple group hint<\/strong>: Count, but with a twist.<\/p>\n Yellow group<\/strong>: Make glossy.<\/p>\n Green group<\/strong>: Translucent golden things.<\/p>\n Blue group<\/strong>: Features of a bird’s head.<\/p>\n Purple group<\/strong>: Numbers with first letter changed.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong> Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words<\/p>\n <\/div> The completed NYT Connections puzzle for May 1, 2026.<\/p>\n <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The theme is make glossy. The four answers are buff, polish, shine and wax.<\/p>\n The theme is translucent golden things. The four answers are ale, amber, citrine and honey.<\/p>\n The theme is features of a bird’s head. The four answers are beak, comb, crest and wattle.<\/p>\n The theme is numbers with first letter changed. The four answers are hive, mix, pour and wight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Hints for today’s Connections groups <\/h2>\n
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