What is the NYT Connections answer for April 19 (#1043)?

The four groups are CHEEKY (ARCH, FRESH, SASSY, WISE); DRESS MEASUREMENTS (BUST, HIPS, LENGTH, WAIST); CARDS IN TEXAS HOLD 'EM (FLOP, HOLE, RIVER, TURN); LAST WORDS OF CANDY BRANDS IN THE SINGULAR (CAP, DUD, KID, MINT).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "LAST WORDS OF CANDY BRANDS IN THE SINGULAR" — 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.

Sunday, April 19, 2026#1043

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Sunday, April 19

DailyWordHints Editorial April 19

CHEEKY

Easiest

DRESS MEASUREMENTS

Easy

CARDS IN TEXAS HOLD 'EM

Tricky

LAST WORDS OF CANDY BRANDS IN THE SINGULAR

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are CHEEKY (yellow), DRESS MEASUREMENTS (green), CARDS IN TEXAS HOLD 'EM (blue), LAST WORDS OF CANDY BRANDS IN THE SINGULAR (purple).

MINT

ARCH

DUD

HOLE

FRESH

BUST

KID

FLOP

WAIST

WISE

RIVER

SASSY

TURN

LENGTH

CAP

HIPS

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 #1043, Sunday, April 19. 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 19 (#1043)?: The four groups are CHEEKY (ARCH, FRESH, SASSY, WISE); DRESS MEASUREMENTS (BUST, HIPS, LENGTH, WAIST); CARDS IN TEXAS HOLD 'EM (FLOP, HOLE, RIVER, TURN); LAST WORDS OF CANDY BRANDS IN THE SINGULAR (CAP, DUD, KID, MINT).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "LAST WORDS OF CANDY BRANDS IN THE SINGULAR" — 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.