What is the NYT Connections answer for April 4 (#1028)?

The four groups are "LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE" (DOGS, LET, LIE, SLEEPING); OBSCURE (COVER, MASK, SCREEN, SHIELD); COASTAL LANDFORMS (BLUFF, CAPE, POINT, SPIT); ___ CAMP (BAND, BASE, BOOT, SUMMER).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "___ CAMP" — is the trickiest, as it usually relies on wordplay or a hidden connection rather than a straightforward category.

What do the Connections colors mean?

Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest — often involving wordplay or a hidden twist.

Saturday, April 4, 2026#1028

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Saturday, April 4

DailyWordHints Editorial April 4

"LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE"

Easiest

OBSCURE

Easy

COASTAL LANDFORMS

Tricky

___ CAMP

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are "LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE" (yellow), OBSCURE (green), COASTAL LANDFORMS (blue), ___ CAMP (purple).

BAND

MASK

CAPE

LIE

BLUFF

BOOT

SPIT

SHIELD

LET

POINT

BASE

COVER

SLEEPING

SCREEN

SUMMER

DOGS

Hints by group

yellowEasiest

greenEasy

blueTricky

purpleHardest

Full answers below

Today’s answers

yellowEasiest

greenEasy

blueTricky

purpleHardest

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Today's Connections hints (no answers yet)

Here are spoiler-free nudges for NYT Connections #1028, Saturday, April 4. Reveal one color at a time and work from the easiest group (yellow) to the trickiest (purple).

How to use these hints

Each clue is written so it never names any of the sixteen words — it just points you in the right direction. Open the full answer only once you're truly stuck.

Strategy for solving today's grid

Lock in the group you're most confident about first to shrink the board, but resist the obvious four-of-a-kind — the puzzle almost always plants a word that fits two themes. Save the purple group for last; it usually hides the wordplay twist.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for April 4 (#1028)?: The four groups are "LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE" (DOGS, LET, LIE, SLEEPING); OBSCURE (COVER, MASK, SCREEN, SHIELD); COASTAL LANDFORMS (BLUFF, CAPE, POINT, SPIT); ___ CAMP (BAND, BASE, BOOT, SUMMER).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "___ CAMP" — is the trickiest, as it usually relies on wordplay or a hidden connection rather than a straightforward category.
What do the Connections colors mean?: Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest — often involving wordplay or a hidden twist.