Connections #1059 Answers
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1059 for Tuesday, May 5, 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): glimmer
- Green: involuntary actions
- Blue: kinds of knots
- Purple (hardest): starting with units in competitions
Answers
GLIMMER
FLICKER, HINT, SUGGESTION, WHIFF
INVOLUNTARY ACTIONS
BLINK, HICCUP, SHIVER, SNEEZE
KINDS OF KNOTS
BEND, BOWLINE, HITCH, SHEEPSHANK
STARTING WITH UNITS IN COMPETITIONS
GAMELAN, MATCHSTICK, POINTER, SETBACK
Previous Connections answers
- #1058 — tender-hearted person, pellet-filled things, things with knobs, starting with familiar names for kinds of dogs
- #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 ___
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