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Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for April 30 #1054
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle features a real zinger of a purple category, and the blue group isn’t exactly easy, either. 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. 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.
Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time
Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Whoa, that messed me up!
Green group hint: Yay, that’s done!
Blue group hint: Letter between “S” and “U.”
Purple group hint: Words that sound like other words.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Unnerve.
Green group: Remove, as an item from a list, with “off.”
Blue group: What “T” might stand for.
Purple group: Homophones of possessive adjectives.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for April 30, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is unnerve. The four answers are alarm, disturb, shake and shock.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is remove, as an item from a list, with “off.” The four answers are check, cross, mark and tick.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is what “T” might stand for. The four answers are Tesla, time, true and Tyrannosaurus.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is homophones of possessive adjectives. The four answers are hour, hur, there and yore.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
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