Connections #1069 Answers
Friday, May 15, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1069 for Friday, May 15, 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): navigate through, as a river
- Green: multi-time nba mvps
- Blue: non-palindromic words in a famous palindrome
- Purple (hardest): homophones of kinds of dogs, familiarly
Answers
NAVIGATE THROUGH, AS A RIVER
CROSS, FORD, TRAVERSE, WADE
MULTI-TIME NBA MVPS
BIRD, CURRY, JAMES, JORDAN
NON-PALINDROMIC WORDS IN A FAMOUS PALINDROME
ABLE, ELBA, SAW, WAS
HOMOPHONES OF KINDS OF DOGS, FAMILIARLY
CIAO, PALM, PEEK, PITT
Previous Connections answers
- #1068 — premonition, cellphone modes, bad things to do in modern dating, phrases whose second words include their first word
- #1067 — long sandwich, pretext, smartphone photo editing options, jelly ___
- #1066 — substantial book, "saint" cities, "long" things, currencies plus a letter
- #1065 — move stealthily, with "in", kinds of schemes, detective movies, body parts surrounded by two letters
- #1064 — music player buttons, destined, verbs in making a mojito, what "spring" might refer to
- #1063 — units of tv programs, things worn around the neck, strings tied in knots, ___ piece
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