Yahoo Tech Publishes NYT Connection Hints for #1,072

Yahoo Tech published connection hints for NYT Connections puzzle #1,072 on Monday, May 18. The daily word game gives players 16 words in a four-by-four grid, and this set was described as a little tricky.

Players only get four guesses before the answers are revealed. The puzzle also resets each night at midnight, so the hints matter most for anyone trying to finish the board in one sitting.

NYT Connections #1,072

The writer said they solved the groups in the order yellow, green, blue, then purple. Yellow was the easiest group to guess, while purple was the hardest, which matches the game’s own color order.

The yellow group hint was spelled differently but sounded the same. The blue group hint was baseball team names in singular. The purple group hint was these non-veggie words are scrambled.

Four Guesses At Midnight

Connections is a New York Times word game, and players are considered a connector when they play it. That framing matters here because the game can only be played once a day, so a mistake costs that day’s run.

The writer said they made one mistake while solving the blue group. That is the sharp edge in this puzzle: one wrong move can burn part of the limited guess budget before the hardest group appears.

Lightbulb Icon Hints

Players can click on the lightbulb icon in the game to get some hints. That makes the published clues useful for people who want a nudge without giving up the whole board.

The article also referenced tips for Wordle and Strands, but did not provide their answers here. For Connections players, the practical step is simple: use the hints, work the easier yellow group first, and save guesses for the purple scramble before the midnight reset.