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NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, April 2 (game #1026)

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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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, April 1 (game #1025).

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.

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

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NYT Connections today (game #1026) - today's words

NYT Connections hints for game 1026 on a purple background

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

  • STALLION
  • CHAMPION
  • SECOND
  • CHANCE
  • MIGOS
  • MOMENT
  • BACK
  • CARDI
  • DRAKE
  • EATER
  • OPENING
  • ENDORSE
  • WINDOW
  • BUCK
  • MESON
  • DRONE

NYT Connections today (game #1026) - hint #1 - group hints

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

  • YELLOW: On your side
  • GREEN: A big break
  • BLUE: Masculine beasts
  • PURPLE: A bit of a hard drink

Need more clues?

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 #1026) - hint #2 - group answers

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

  • YELLOW: SUPPORT
  • GREEN: OPPORTUNITY
  • BLUE: MALE ANIMALS
  • PURPLE: ENDS OF LIQUOR BRANDS

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

NYT Connections today (game #1026) - the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 1026 on a purple background

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The answers to today's Connections, game #1026, are…

  • YELLOW: SUPPORT BACK, CHAMPION, ENDORSE, SECOND
  • GREEN: OPPORTUNITY CHANCE, MOMENT, OPENING, WINDOW
  • BLUE: MALE ANIMALS BUCK, DRAKE, DRONE, STALLION
  • PURPLE: ENDS OF LIQUOR BRANDS CARDI, EATER, MESON, MIGOS
  • My rating: Hard
  • My score: Perfect

After yesterday’s cryptic bamboozler we returned to reality with a more straightforward game.

There were a couple of red herrings hiding amid the tiles, but thankfully I resisted the temptation to hunt for rap acts and instead saw the link between DRAKE, STALLION and BUCK, taking a chance with DRONE, which I knew was a word related to bees.

CARDI and MIGOS did end up being in a group together, but it was ENDS OF LIQUOR BRANDS rather than music that united them. Cardi B was of course married to Migos member Offset and adding to the inter connections, Cardi promotes Whipshots, a line of vodka-infused whipped cream and Migos member Quavo had his own line of white vodka. Thank you, Google. 

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, April 1, game #1025)

  • YELLOW: BEER BRANDS BLUE MOON, DOS EQUIS, MILLER HIGH LIFE, RED STRIPE
  • GREEN: ROCK BANDS GREEN DAY, PINK FLOYD, THREE DOORS DOWN, U2
  • BLUE: MOVIES BACK TO THE FUTURE, BLUE VELVET, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, TOP GUN
  • PURPLE: U.S. CITY NICKNAMES BIG APPLE, BIG EASY, MILE HIGH CITY, SECOND CITY

What is NYT Connections?

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.

Marc McLaren
Marc McLaren
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Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He's also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the daily Wordle today page).

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