NYT Connections #1,084 Guide: All the hints, clues, and answers today (May 30, 2026)

Today’s Connections puzzle will have a lot of folks searching for hints right away. If you’re in a similar camp, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll start you off with some general hints to nudge you in the direction of the answers. Then, we’ll give you one word from each category, followed by the list of themes. Finally, you can have the answers. So, without further ado, here are all the hints, clues, and answers to NYT Connections today (#1,084, May 30, 2026).

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What is Connections?

Connections is one of the most popular daily word games from The New York Times, closely trailing behind Wordle. The puzzle presents you with a 4×4 grid comprising 16 words. To solve the puzzle, you need to sort the words into 4 different groups, each with a distinct theme. The Yellow group is the easiest one to spot, followed by Green, Blue, and Purple, which is the toughest. At times, there are red herrings and misdirects that you need to avoid in order to arrive at the correct answers. You can play Connections in the NYT Games app or on the NYT website.

Some tips to solve Connections

Look for the obvious patterns: Not every category in the puzzle is confusing. The Yellow and Green category words are relatively easy to spot. However, if something seems too obvious, it could be a red herring. Typically, the first two categories comprise verbs and adjectives. The misdirects are often nouns.

Double-check your submissions: ‘Do not overthink’ is usually a good tip for solving most puzzles, but it doesn’t really apply to Connections. Before submitting a set of words, you should always check whether they fit somewhere else too.

Hit a dead end? Use the shuffle button: The shuffle button at the bottom of the grid exists for a reason. Placing the words in different positions can spark new connections. Think of it as a mental refresh. New patterns will emerge, and you may be able to find a breakthrough.

Tackle the Purple category with extra caution: The Connections team is known to serve up the toughest and most unexpected words for the Purple category. Here are some of the common tropes that you should look out for:

• Homophones (For example: ‘Where’, ‘Wear’, ‘Ware’, and ‘Weir’)
• Words within words (For example: ‘Slip’, ‘Hear’, ‘Keyes’, and ‘Undiagnosed’ could be ‘Words containing parts of the face’)
• Words minus a letter (For example: ‘Anther’, ‘Easel’, ‘Hark’, and ‘Lama’ could be ‘Animals minus starting letter’)
• Words preceded or followed by another word (For example: ‘Face’, ‘Sports’, ‘Note’, and ‘Year’ could be ‘____ Book’)

Here’s your grid for today

• Lucid
• Witchcraft
• Impossible
• Sound
• Pipe
• Fever
• Right
• Sorry
• Clear
• Brace
• Never
• Tilde
• Gigi
• No Way
• Caret
• Volare

Hints for NYT Connections (#1,084) May 30, 2026

Let’s get you started with some general, spoiler-free hints.

• 🟡Yellow Group: Not happening.
• 🟢Green Group: Rational.
• 🔵Blue Group: Used in mathematics, physics, and computing.
• 🟣Purple Group: SOTY contenders in 1959.

One Word Per Category (Contains Spoilers)

Can’t seem to find an in? We’ll give you one word from each category.

• 🟡Yellow Group: Impossible.
• 🟢Green Group: Clear.
• 🔵Blue Group: Brace.
• 🟣Purple Group: Fever.

List of Themes (Major Spoilers)

Maybe getting to know the common themes among the words will help you spot them faster. Here are all the categories for today.

• 🟡Yellow Group: In Your Dreams.
• 🟢Green Group: Sensible.
• 🔵Blue Group: Typographical Symbols.
• 🟣Purple Group: Song Of The Year Nominees At The First Grammy Awards.

Answers to NYT Connections (#1,084) Today (May 30, 2026)

Close to waving the white flag? Fine, we’ll give you the answers.

• 🟡Yellow Group: Impossible, Never, No Way, Sorry. (In Your Dreams)

Words used when you’re trying to turn something down, maybe with some contempt.

• 🟢Green Group: Clear, Lucid, Right, Sound. (Sensible)

There was a bit of a red herring situation going on today. Lucid, Fever, and Pipe could also be words that are succeeded by ‘dream’. 

• 🔵Blue Group: Brace, Caret, Pipe, Tilde. (Typographical Symbols)

Brace ({}), Caret (^), Pipe (|), and Tilde (~) are essential symbols used in math, physics, and coding languages.

• 🟣Purple Group: Fever, Gigi, Volare, Witchcraft. (Song Of The Year Nominees At The First Grammy Awards)

We’d be very impressed if you solved this category without the process of elimination. The SOTY nominations at the 1959 Grammys were: Fever by Eddie Cooley and Johnny Davenport, Gigi by Alan J Lerner and Frederick Loewe, Volare by Domenico Modugno, and Witchcraft by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh.

Answers to yesterday’s puzzle (#1,082, May 29, 2026)

• 🟡Yellow Group: Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Southern. (Ocean)
• 🟢Green Group: Ammonia, BO, Durian, Wet Dog. (Sources Of Distinctive Smells)
• 🔵Blue Group: Billiard, Drawing, Powder, Reading. (Kinds Of Rooms In A Mansion)
• 🟣Purple Group: Father, Pennsylvania, Protactinium, Public Address. (What ‘PA’ Might Refer To)

Answers to NYT Connections #1,082 (May 28, 2026)

• 🟡Yellow Group: Duck, Hunch, Squat, Stoop. (Get Low)
• 🟢Green Group: Media, News, Papers, Press. (Fourth Estate)
• 🔵Blue Group: Bar, Bench, Podium, Stand. (Parts Of A Courtroom)
• 🟣Purple Group: Jump, Lift, Lodge, Slope. (Ski ___)

Answers to NYT Connections #1,081 (May 27, 2026)

• 🟡Yellow Group: Commune, Hamlet, Township, Village. (Small Community)
• 🟢Green Group: Battleship, Operation, Othello, Trouble. (Classic Board Games)
• 🔵Blue Group: Aye, Lear, Pier, Stair. (Homophones Of Ways Of Looking)
• 🟣Purple Group: Banjo, Macbeth, Monogamy, Nutmeg. (Ending In The ‘Little Women’ March Sisters)

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How did other solvers do today?

NYT’s early testers rated today’s Connection puzzle 2 out of 5. This puts it in the medium difficulty level. Let us know how you fared in the comments!