NYT Connections April 23 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1047
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
MOTHER MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO TOUCH WHAMMY SKIRT SCIENCE PULP EDUCATED LITERARY ASIAGO DEVOTE VERY HISTORICAL FLANK
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — BORDER
Green — KINDS OF FICTION
Blue — WORDS IN A PLANETARY MNEMONIC
Purple — STARTING WITH FOUR-LETTER '80S BANDS
BORDERFLANK, NEIGHBOR, SKIRT, TOUCH
KINDS OF FICTIONHISTORICAL, LITERARY, PULP, SCIENCE
WORDS IN A PLANETARY MNEMONICEDUCATED, MOTHER, MY, VERY
STARTING WITH FOUR-LETTER '80S BANDSASIAGO, DEVOTE, TOTORO, WHAMMY
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.