What is the NYT Connections answer for April 26 (#1050)?

The four groups are STIPULATION (CATCH, CAVEAT, FINE PRINT, STRINGS); VOCAL CHARACTERISTICS (PITCH, RANGE, REGISTER, TONE); CHARACTERS IN "DICK AND JANE" (DICK, JANE, MOTHER, SPOT); THINGS WITH FACES (BUILDING, CLIFF, CLOCK, POLYHEDRON).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "THINGS WITH FACES" — 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 26, 2026#1050

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Sunday, April 26

DailyWordHints Editorial April 26

STIPULATION

Easiest

VOCAL CHARACTERISTICS

Easy

CHARACTERS IN "DICK AND JANE"

Tricky

THINGS WITH FACES

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are STIPULATION (yellow), VOCAL CHARACTERISTICS (green), CHARACTERS IN "DICK AND JANE" (blue), THINGS WITH FACES (purple).

SPOT

CLIFF

PITCH

BUILDING

MOTHER

CLOCK

CATCH

STRINGS

FINE PRINT

JANE

TONE

POLYHEDRON

CAVEAT

RANGE

DICK

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 #1050, Sunday, April 26. 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 26 (#1050)?: The four groups are STIPULATION (CATCH, CAVEAT, FINE PRINT, STRINGS); VOCAL CHARACTERISTICS (PITCH, RANGE, REGISTER, TONE); CHARACTERS IN "DICK AND JANE" (DICK, JANE, MOTHER, SPOT); THINGS WITH FACES (BUILDING, CLIFF, CLOCK, POLYHEDRON).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "THINGS WITH FACES" — 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.