Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for May 2, #1056
The May 2, 2026, edition of The New York Times' Connections puzzle features four categories of words to be grouped by theme. The yellow group centers on 'clairvoyant' with words like psychic and telepathic, while the green group relates to 'staged performances' such as ballet and opera. The blue group includes U.S. cabinet departments, and the purple category involves phrases beginning with newspaper names like 'Post-It' and 'times tables.'
- ▪The yellow group theme is 'clairvoyant' and includes the words extrasensory, mental, psychic, and telepathic.
- ▪The green group theme is 'staged performances' and includes ballet, musical, opera, and play.
- ▪The blue group consists of U.S. cabinet departments: Education, Interior, State, and Treasury.
- ▪The purple group involves phrases starting with newspaper names, including globetrotter, heraldry, Post-It, and times tables.
- ▪Registered Times Games players can track their puzzle progress, win streaks, and receive analysis from the Connections Bot.
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Looking for the most recent 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. Today's NYT Connections puzzle is all over the place, My fellow journalists, pay special attention to words hidden in four words. They'll end up in a journalism-related purple category. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. 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.
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