Connections #1061 Answers
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1061 for Thursday, May 7, 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): fishing gear
- Green: multitude
- Blue: commit a basketball infraction
- Purple (hardest): controlled with up/down buttons
Answers
FISHING GEAR
FLY, HOOK, LINE, NET
MULTITUDE
DROVE, HOST, MASS, PACK
COMMIT A BASKETBALL INFRACTION
CARRY, DOUBLE-DRIBBLE, GOALTEND, TRAVEL
CONTROLLED WITH UP/DOWN BUTTONS
CAR WINDOW, CHANNEL, ELEVATOR, VOLUME
Previous Connections answers
- #1060 — found in a casino, ways to fasten things, seen in a bowling alley, flag designs
- #1059 — glimmer, involuntary actions, kinds of knots, starting with units in competitions
- #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
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