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Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.<\/span><\/p>\n getty<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Each day\u2019s game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before today\u2019s NYT Connections hints, here\u2019s what you missed on Tuesday:<\/em><\/p>\n Forbes<\/span>NYT Connections Hints Today: Tuesday, May 26 Clues And Answers (#1,080)<\/span>By Kris Holt<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s Wednesday, and you know what that means: it\u2019s time for another round of Connections<\/em>!<\/p>\n It took several weeks longer than I expected (with a delay that was probably due to a mistake on my part), but my federal tax return has finally been processed. For the first time ever, I\u2019m getting a refund on my taxes this year. <\/p>\n The federal refund is pretty solid. It will allow me to top up a few accounts I\u2019ve been dipping into lately even though I didn\u2019t really need to. I don\u2019t really know what I\u2019m going to do with the provincial refund, though. Maybe I\u2019ll buy a lottery ticket with the $5 they sent me back.<\/p>\n Before we start, I want to highlight the rad community we have on Discord<\/a>, where we chat about Connections<\/em>, the rest of the NYT<\/em> games and all kinds of other stuff. It\u2019s a lovely group of folks. You\u2019re more than welcome to join us. <\/p>\n Also, my weekend editions of this column are available over on my newsletter, Pastimes<\/em><\/a>. If you enjoy the intros and recommendations in my Connections <\/em>columns, I publish longer pieces along similar lines on Pastimes <\/em>as well. I think you\u2019d dig them.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s NYT<\/em> Connections <\/em>hints and answers for Wednesday, May 27 are coming right up. Let\u2019s get rolling!<\/p>\n Connections <\/em>is a free New York Times <\/em>daily word game that you can play on the NYT<\/em>\u2019s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections <\/em>archive, which includes every previous game.<\/p>\n Connections <\/em>presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don\u2019t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that\u2019s what you have to figure out.<\/p>\n There\u2019s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it\u2019s game over.<\/p>\n Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs \u2013 part of the fun of Connections<\/em> is in how the NYT <\/em>shakes things up to keep you on your toes.<\/p>\n As with Wordle<\/em> and similar games, it\u2019s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.<\/p>\n Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow \u2013 correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.<\/p>\n Scroll slowly!<\/strong> I\u2019ll first give you a list of today\u2019s words, then a hint for each category. After that, I\u2019ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I\u2019ll tell you the category names, followed by the full answers.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s 16 words are…<\/p>\n And the hints for today\u2019s Connections <\/em>groups are:<\/p>\n Need some extra help? <\/p>\n Be warned: we\u2019re starting to get into spoiler territory.<\/strong><\/p>\n Let\u2019s take a look at one answer for each group.<\/p>\n Here we go\u2026 <\/p>\n Today\u2019s Connections <\/em>groups are…<\/p>\n Spoiler alert! <\/strong>Don\u2019t scroll any further down the page until you\u2019re ready to find out today\u2019s Connections<\/em> answers.<\/p>\n This is your last chance to look away. <\/p>\n This is your final warning!<\/p>\n Today\u2019s Connections <\/em>answers are… <\/p>\n Connections answers for May 27, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n Screenshot by Kris Holt<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n I figured that it was a 50-50 shot as to whether there was a group of Shakespeare protagonists or board games. My gut told me to go with the latter and I got the greens.<\/p>\n Clean up was pretty quick from there. I figured that MACBETH probably had something to do with the name Beth, and as soon as my eyes darted over to BANJO, I figured out the purple category.<\/p>\n HAMLET then had to be a reference to a settlement and probably a yellow. Once I realized what those were, though, I had to submit the blues first. Reading those out loud made the category clear. I slid those and the yellows through for win number 451 on the trot.<\/p>\n How did you get on today? Here’s my grid:<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6 Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let\u2019s explore today\u2019s game in more depth in my NYT Connections<\/strong><\/em> Answers Explained column. <\/strong>You can check that out by visiting my author page<\/a>. <\/p>\n That\u2019s all there is to it for today\u2019s Connections <\/em>clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Thursday\u2019s game if you need them.<\/p>\n P.S. I guess we’re going with a bunch of Europop\/Eurodance songs this week. Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!<\/p>\n Please <\/em>follow my blog<\/u><\/em><\/a> for more <\/em>NYT Connections hints and help with other word games, and even some video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! Sharing this column with other people who play <\/em>Connections would be appreciated too. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my newsletter, <\/em>Pastimes<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n
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John Paul Larkin (aka Scatman John) may have been American, but his best-known song, “Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)” was 100% a Eurodance classic. If you hit the play button here, good luck getting this out of your head for the rest of the week:<\/p>\n