It wouldn’t be right if you started your week without racking up a win in Connections. Today’s puzzle isn’t a tough one, but some words can always trip you up. If you’re just not able to see the common themes, we’re here to help. We’ll start off by giving you some general hints to point you in the right direction. Then we’ll reveal one word from each category, followed by the list of themes. Finally, you can have the answers. Here are all the hints, clues, and answers to today’s NYT Connections (#1,065, May 11, 2026).
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What is Connections?
Like Wordle, Connections is one of the popular daily NYT word games. The aim of the game is very straightforward – find words that share a common theme from a 4×4 grid. There are a total of 4 groups to guess. The Yellow category is the easiest to crack. The difficulty rises with the Green and Blue categories and peaks with the Purple category words. You can play the game on the NYT Games app or its official website.
First, let’s take a look at today’s grid
- COLOR
- CREEP
- SHANDY
- KARMA
- KNIVES OUT
- SLIP
- PYRAMID
- RHYME
- STEAL
- CHINATOWN
- KEYED
- SNEAK
- SEVEN
- PONZI
- ELEGY
- VERTIGO
Hints for NYT Connections (#1,065) May 11, 2026
These hints do not contain any spoilers. They will nudge you in the right direction without giving away any answers.
- Yellow Group: Tiptoe your way in.
- Green Group: Plan or code.
- Blue Group: Movies with a common theme.
- Purple Group: Human anatomy.
One Word Per Category (Contains Spoilers)
Not able to spot any underlying themes or commonalities? We’ll help you get started. Here is one word for every group in today’s puzzle.
- Yellow Group: Creep.
- Green Group: Color.
- Blue Group: Elegy.
- Purple Group: Chinatown.
List of Themes (Major Spoilers)
If the last round of hints didn’t help, maybe it’s time to look up the themes and retrospectively find the connections.
- Yellow Group: Move Stealthily, With ‘In’.
- Green Group: Kinds of Schemes.
- Blue Group: Detective Movies.
- Purple Group: Body Parts Surrounded By Two Letters.
Answers to NYT Connections (#1,065) Today (May 11, 2026)
Can’t come up with any guesses? Here are all the answers.
Yellow Group: Creep, Slip, Sneak, Steal. (Move Stealthily, With ‘In’.)
This was a fairly simple category, but we can understand if ‘Steal’ and ‘Sneak’ threw you off.
Green Group: Color, Ponzi, Pyramid, Rhyme. (Kinds of Schemes.)
Pyramid and Ponzi are easy to club together. But it may take you a while to figure out the different usage of ‘scheme’ for the remaining two words. This was quietly the toughest category in today’s puzzle.
Blue Group: Chinatown, Knives Out, Seven, Vertigo. (Detective Movies.)
The easiest category in today’s puzzle for us, this one was a lock as soon as we saw the grid. Even casual movie watchers should be able to spot the names of these famous titles.
Purple Group: Elegy, Karma, Keyed, Shandy (Body Parts Surrounded By Two Letters.)
Seasoned Connectios veterans must have spotted the theme here without taking too much time. A ‘word inside a word’ trick is a Purple category classic. ‘Slip’ may have thrown some off, but it doesn’t belong here since ‘lip’ isn’t surrounded by two letters.
NYT Connections (#1,064) May 10, 2026 Answers
- Yellow Group: Play, Repeat, Shuffle, Skip. (Music Player Buttons.)
- Green Group: Bound, Certain, Fated, Sure. (Destined.)
- Blue Group: Garnish, Muddle, Pour, Stir (Verbs in Making a Mojito.)
- Purple Group: Coil, Fountain, Leap, Season (What ‘Spring’ Might Refer To.)
NYT Connections (#1,063) May 9, 2026 Answers
- Yellow Group: Episode, Season, Series, Franchise. (Units of TV Programs.)
- Green Group: Boa, Chain, Lanyard, Tie. (Things Worn Around the Neck.)
- Blue Group: Friendship Bracelet, Macrame, Quipu, Shoelaces. (Strings Tied in Knots.)
- Purple Group: Conversation, Period, Puff, Think. (___ Piece.)
NYT Connections (#1,062) May 8, 2026 Answers
- Yellow Group: First Base, Making Out, Necking, Tonsil Hockey. (Canoodling.)
- Green Group: Home Plate, Jeans Back Pocket, School Crossing Sign, The Pentagon. (Five-Sided Things.)
- Blue Group: Left Field, Nowhere, The Blue, Thin Air. (Unexpected Places to be ‘Out Of’.)
- Purple Group: Burger King Whopper, Film Nerd, Memento, Pitcher’s Mound. (Ending in Candy Bar Brands Minus ‘S’.)
NYT Connections (#1,061) May 7, 2026 Answers
- Yellow Group: Fly, Hook, Line, Net. (Fishing Gear)
- Green Group: Drove, Host, Mass, Pack. (Multitude)
- Blue Group: Carry, Double-Dribble, Goaltend, Travel. (Commit a Basketball Infraction)
- Purple Group: Car Window, Channel, Elevator, Volume. (Controlled With Up/Down Buttons)
NYT Connections (#1,060) May 6, 2026 Answers
- Yellow Group: Cards, Chips, Dice, Slot Machine. (Found in a Casino)
- Green Group: Buckle, Button, Laces, Zipper. (Ways to Fasten Things)
- Blue Group: Bowling Ball, Bowling Pins, Lane, Scorecard. (Seen in a Bowling Alley)
- Purple Group: Circle, Horizontal Bisection, Horizontal Trisection, Vertical Trisection. (Flag Designs)
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How did the solvers do today?
NYT’s testers rated today’s Connection puzzle 2 out of 5. This rating puts it in the medium difficulty level. How did you fare today? Let us know in the comments!
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