What is the NYT Connections answer for April 6 (#1030)?

The four groups are EVENTS WITH DANCING (BALL, HOEDOWN, HOP, RAVE); INTEREST (CLAIM, CONCERN, SHARE, STAKE); COMPONENTS OF WHAC-A-MOLE (HOLES, MALLET, MOLE, TIMER); MUSICALS WITH LAST LETTER CHANGED (CAROUSER, EVITE, OLIVES, WICKET).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "MUSICALS WITH LAST LETTER CHANGED" — 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.

Monday, April 6, 2026#1030

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Monday, April 6

DailyWordHints Editorial April 6

EVENTS WITH DANCING

Easiest

INTEREST

Easy

COMPONENTS OF WHAC-A-MOLE

Tricky

MUSICALS WITH LAST LETTER CHANGED

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are EVENTS WITH DANCING (yellow), INTEREST (green), COMPONENTS OF WHAC-A-MOLE (blue), MUSICALS WITH LAST LETTER CHANGED (purple).

OLIVES

MALLET

HOP

MOLE

WICKET

BALL

STAKE

HOLES

RAVE

CAROUSER

CONCERN

EVITE

CLAIM

TIMER

HOEDOWN

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 #1030, Monday, April 6. 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 6 (#1030)?: The four groups are EVENTS WITH DANCING (BALL, HOEDOWN, HOP, RAVE); INTEREST (CLAIM, CONCERN, SHARE, STAKE); COMPONENTS OF WHAC-A-MOLE (HOLES, MALLET, MOLE, TIMER); MUSICALS WITH LAST LETTER CHANGED (CAROUSER, EVITE, OLIVES, WICKET).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "MUSICALS WITH LAST LETTER CHANGED" — 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.