Connections #1081 Answers
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1081 for Wednesday, May 27, 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): small community
- Green: classic board games
- Blue: homophones of ways of looking
- Purple (hardest): ending in the "little women" march sisters
Answers
SMALL COMMUNITY
COMMUNE, HAMLET, TOWNSHIP, VILLAGE
CLASSIC BOARD GAMES
BATTLESHIP, OPERATION, OTHELLO, TROUBLE
HOMOPHONES OF WAYS OF LOOKING
AYE, LEAR, PIER, STAIR
ENDING IN THE "LITTLE WOMEN" MARCH SISTERS
BANJO, MACBETH, MONOGAMY, NUTMEG
Previous Connections answers
- #1080 — championship awards, matter at hand, '80s comedies, anagrams
- #1079 — common promo items, tiny bit, texting abbreviations, eye___
- #1078 — farm fixtures, labor protest actions, objects used in ritual performances, possessive adjectives plus a letter
- #1077 — hairdos, more readily, marvel characters, words after "the" in "star wars" movie titles
- #1076 — reach back out, the way things are done, places with conveyor belts, starting with name homophones
- #1075 — kinds of pies, things associated with butts, tennis scoring terms, ___ mustard
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