Connections #1058 Answers
Monday, May 4, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1058 for Monday, May 4, 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): tender-hearted person
- Green: pellet-filled things
- Blue: things with knobs
- Purple (hardest): starting with familiar names for kinds of dogs
Answers
TENDER-HEARTED PERSON
MARSHMALLOW, SOFTIE, SWEETHEART, TEDDY BEAR
PELLET-FILLED THINGS
BEANIE BABY, DESICCANT PACKET, EYE PILLOW, HACKY SACK
THINGS WITH KNOBS
CONTROL PANEL, ETCH A SKETCH, RADIO, STOVE
STARTING WITH FAMILIAR NAMES FOR KINDS OF DOGS
CHOWDER, DOODLEBUG, LABUBU, PITTER-PATTER
Previous Connections answers
- #1057 — home structures, associated with 1960s counterculture, famous revolutions in history, gestures made with the index and middle fingers
- #1056 — clairvoyant, staged performances, u.s. cabinet departments, starting with newspaper names
- #1055 — make glossy, translucent golden things, features of a bird's head, numbers with first letter changed
- #1054 — unnerve, remove, as an item from a list, with "off", what "t" might stand for, homophones of possessive adjectives
- #1053 — step in a process, sound like thunder, kinds of puppets, standing ___
- #1052 — entreaty, laundry day verbs, things that come in "books", sun___
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