Connections #1053 Answers
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1053 for Wednesday, April 29, 2026. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): step in a process
- Green: sound like thunder
- Blue: kinds of puppets
- Purple (hardest): standing ___
Answers
STEP IN A PROCESS
LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE
SOUND LIKE THUNDER
BOOM, CLAP, ROLL, RUMBLE
KINDS OF PUPPETS
HAND, SHADOW, SOCK, STRING
STANDING ___
JOKE, ORDERS, OVATION, ROOM
Previous Connections answers
- #1052 — entreaty, laundry day verbs, things that come in "books", sun___
- #1051 — salad ingredients, classic films, "the simpsons" characters, ending in nba players
- #1050 — stipulation, vocal characteristics, characters in "dick and jane", things with faces
- #1049 — body coverings, masses, in idioms, old timey slang for law enforcement, starting with synonyms for "throw"
- #1048 — pizza ingredients, associated with octopuses, they have blades, what "cab" might refer to
- #1047 — border, kinds of fiction, words in a planetary mnemonic, starting with four-letter '80s bands
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