NYT Connections Puzzle for April 26, 2026: Hints, Answers, and Player Tools

On April 26, 2026, The New York Times published its Connections puzzle. Players must sort sixteen words into four color-coded groups of four, each linked by a theme. CNET’s hints identified the themes as follows: yellow – stipulation; green – vocal characteristics; blue – characters from the children’s book “Dick and Jane”; purple – things with faces. The solved groups are: Yellow – catch, caveat, fine print, strings; Green – pitch, range, register, tone; Blue – Dick, Jane, Mother, Spot; Purple – theme disclosed but specific answers not provided in the source.

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Connections is part of The New York Times’ suite of word-based games, launched after the success of Wordle. The Times operates a “Connections Bot” that can score completed puzzles and analyze player answers. Registered players can view metrics such as total puzzles completed, win rate, perfect-score count, and current win streak. CNET’s coverage highlights that the bot offers a numeric score after each game.

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The puzzle featured four thematic groups, each containing four related words. The yellow group’s theme “stipulation” yielded the words catch, caveat, fine print, and strings. The green group’s “vocal characteristics” produced pitch, range, register, and tone. The blue group’s “characters in ‘Dick and Jane’” produced Dick, Jane, Mother, and Spot. The purple group’s theme “things with faces” was hinted by “Watches have these,” though specific answers were not disclosed in the source. Two further group hints appeared in the article’s conclusion: Group #2: “power ___” – examples nap, plant, Ranger, trip; Group #1: “things that can run” – examples candidate, faucet, mascara, nose.

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The Times’ official communications, as reported by CNET, emphasize the availability of the Connections Bot for post-game analysis and the ability for registered users to monitor detailed performance statistics. The article notes that the bot provides a numeric score and that progress tracking includes win-rate and streak data.

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• “I especially loved the blue category, which harkens back to a very simple and iconic children’s book.” — CNET author

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• “The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle.” — CNET author

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• “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.” — CNET author

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• “Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers.” — CNET author

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