Connections #1073 Answers
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1073 for Tuesday, May 19, 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): things babies do
- Green: modify deceptively
- Blue: judy blume books
- Purple (hardest): fish minus a letter
Answers
THINGS BABIES DO
BABBLE, CRY, NURSE, TEETHE
MODIFY DECEPTIVELY
ALTER, COOK, DOCTOR, FUDGE
JUDY BLUME BOOKS
BLUBBER, DEENIE, FOREVER, SUPERFUDGE
FISH MINUS A LETTER
FOUNDER, SALON, SURGEON, TROT
Previous Connections answers
- #1072 — homophones, rupture, mlb player, fruit anagrams
- #1071 — conduit, swindle, tea-making verbs, "school" modifiers
- #1070 — glassware, mess around (with), music performance directions, ending in synonyms for "asap"
- #1069 — navigate through, as a river, multi-time nba mvps, non-palindromic words in a famous palindrome, homophones of kinds of dogs, familiarly
- #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 ___
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