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NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Sunday, April 26, 2026 (#1050)

Puzzle #1050. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

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The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, April 26, 2026 (puzzle #1050) is: YELLOW — STIPULATION: CATCH, CAVEAT, FINE PRINT, STRINGS. GREEN — VOCAL CHARACTERISTICS: PITCH, RANGE, REGISTER, TONE. BLUE — CHARACTERS IN "DICK AND JANE": DICK, JANE, MOTHER, SPOT. PURPLE — THINGS WITH FACES: BUILDING, CLIFF, CLOCK, POLYHEDRON.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Sunday, April 26, 2026. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

SPOT
CLIFF
PITCH
BUILDING
MOTHER
CLOCK
CATCH
STRINGS
REGISTER
FINE PRINT
JANE
TONE
POLYHEDRON
CAVEAT
RANGE
DICK

How hard is Connections #1050?

Easy35/100
  • • At least one entry is a phrase rather than a single word.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Sunday, April 26, 2026

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Sunday, April 26, 2026

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Sunday, April 26, 2026?

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, April 26, 2026 (puzzle #1050) is: YELLOW — STIPULATION: CATCH, CAVEAT, FINE PRINT, STRINGS. GREEN — VOCAL CHARACTERISTICS: PITCH, RANGE, REGISTER, TONE. BLUE — CHARACTERS IN "DICK AND JANE": DICK, JANE, MOTHER, SPOT. PURPLE — THINGS WITH FACES: BUILDING, CLIFF, CLOCK, POLYHEDRON.

What is the purple group in Connections #1050?

The purple (hardest) group is "THINGS WITH FACES": BUILDING, CLIFF, CLOCK, POLYHEDRON.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "STIPULATION" — CATCH, CAVEAT, FINE PRINT, STRINGS. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Sunday, April 26, 2026 is NYT Connections puzzle #1050. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.