Connections #1062 Answers
Friday, May 8, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1062 for Friday, May 8, 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): canoodling
- Green: five-sided things
- Blue: unexpected places to be "out of"
- Purple (hardest): ending in candy brands minus "s"
Answers
CANOODLING
FIRST BASE, MAKING OUT, NECKING, TONSIL HOCKEY
FIVE-SIDED THINGS
HOME PLATE, JEANS BACK POCKET, SCHOOL CROSSING SIGN, THE PENTAGON
UNEXPECTED PLACES TO BE "OUT OF"
LEFT FIELD, NOWHERE, THE BLUE, THIN AIR
ENDING IN CANDY BRANDS MINUS "S"
BURGER KING WHOPPER, FILM NERD, MEMENTO, PITCHER'S MOUND
Previous Connections answers
- #1061 — fishing gear, multitude, commit a basketball infraction, controlled with up/down buttons
- #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
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