NYT Connections April 29 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1053
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
ROUND SHADOW RUMBLE ORDERS OVATION SOCK HAND ROLL CLAP JOKE BOOM STAGE LEVEL STRING ROOM PHASE
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — STEP IN A PROCESS
Green — SOUND LIKE THUNDER
Blue — KINDS OF PUPPETS
Purple — STANDING ___
STEP IN A PROCESSLEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE
SOUND LIKE THUNDERBOOM, CLAP, ROLL, RUMBLE
KINDS OF PUPPETSHAND, SHADOW, SOCK, STRING
STANDING ___JOKE, ORDERS, OVATION, ROOM
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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.