What is the NYT Connections answer for April 23 (#1047)?

The four groups are BORDER (FLANK, NEIGHBOR, SKIRT, TOUCH); KINDS OF FICTION (HISTORICAL, LITERARY, PULP, SCIENCE); WORDS IN A PLANETARY MNEMONIC (EDUCATED, MOTHER, MY, VERY); STARTING WITH FOUR-LETTER '80S BANDS (ASIAGO, DEVOTE, TOTORO, WHAMMY).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "STARTING WITH FOUR-LETTER '80S BANDS" — 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.

Thursday, April 23, 2026#1047

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Thursday, April 23

DailyWordHints Editorial April 23

BORDER

Easiest

KINDS OF FICTION

Easy

WORDS IN A PLANETARY MNEMONIC

Tricky

STARTING WITH FOUR-LETTER '80S BANDS

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are BORDER (yellow), KINDS OF FICTION (green), WORDS IN A PLANETARY MNEMONIC (blue), STARTING WITH FOUR-LETTER '80S BANDS (purple).

MOTHER

NEIGHBOR

TOTORO

TOUCH

WHAMMY

SKIRT

SCIENCE

PULP

EDUCATED

LITERARY

ASIAGO

DEVOTE

VERY

HISTORICAL

FLANK

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 #1047, Thursday, April 23. 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 23 (#1047)?: The four groups are BORDER (FLANK, NEIGHBOR, SKIRT, TOUCH); KINDS OF FICTION (HISTORICAL, LITERARY, PULP, SCIENCE); WORDS IN A PLANETARY MNEMONIC (EDUCATED, MOTHER, MY, VERY); STARTING WITH FOUR-LETTER '80S BANDS (ASIAGO, DEVOTE, TOTORO, WHAMMY).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "STARTING WITH FOUR-LETTER '80S BANDS" — 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.