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NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, May 26 (game #1080)

My clues will help you solve the NYT's Connections puzzle today and keep that streak going

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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, May 25 (game #1079).

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, May 25 (game #1079)

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NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, May 12 (game #1066)

NYT Connections today (game #1080) - today's words

NYT Connections today (game #1080) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #1080) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1080) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #1080, are…

YELLOW: CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS CUP, MEDAL, PENNANT, RING

GREEN: MATTER AT HAND CONCERN, FOCUS, POINT, SUBJECT

It’s annoying when you don’t follow a hunch because you think it’s some kind of dastardly trick.

I immediately thought that BIG and AIRPLANE must be about the films but I hesitated for two reasons — firstly, after including TWINS I couldn’t see a fourth comedy movie, and secondly because the film Airplane! features an exclamation mark. I guess I picked the wrong week to give up making wild Connections guesses.

The purple group was also within reach after I thought it odd that two tiles began L-I-S-T ; kudos to you if you managed to spot the four ANAGRAMS.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, May 25, game #1079)

YELLOW: COMMON PROMO ITEMS CAP, PIN, SHIRT, STICKER

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

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