Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 28, #1052

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle is a tough one. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak. Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time Hints for today's Connections groups Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: Pleeeeeease.Green group hint: Think Maytag.Blue group hint: They're packaged in similar ways.Purple group hint: Not the moon. Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Entreaty.Green group: Laundry day verbs.Blue group: Things that come in "books."Purple group: Sun ____.Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections answers? The completed NYT Connections puzzle for April 28, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is entreaty. The four answers are appeal, bid, call and request. The green words in today's Connections The theme is laundry day verbs. The four answers are dry, fold, sort and wash. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is things that come in "books." The four answers are check, coupon, match and stamp. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is sun ____. The four answers are dial, flower, screen and tan.Toughest Connections puzzlesWe've made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they'll help you see patterns in future puzzles.#5: Included "things you can set," such as mood, record, table and volleyball.#4: Included "one in a dozen," such as egg, juror, month and rose.#3: Included "streets on screen," such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.#2: Included "power ___" such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.#1: Included "things that can run," such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.Get CNET's top-rated VPN for privacy & usability See at ExpressVPN

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