What is the NYT Connections answer for April 28 (#1052)?

The four groups are ENTREATY (APPEAL, BID, CALL, REQUEST); LAUNDRY DAY VERBS (DRY, FOLD, SORT, WASH); THINGS THAT COME IN "BOOKS" (CHECK, COUPON, MATCH, STAMP); SUN___ (DIAL, FLOWER, SCREEN, TAN).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "SUN___" — 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.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026#1052

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Tuesday, April 28

DailyWordHints Editorial April 28

ENTREATY

Easiest

LAUNDRY DAY VERBS

Easy

THINGS THAT COME IN "BOOKS"

Tricky

SUN___

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are ENTREATY (yellow), LAUNDRY DAY VERBS (green), THINGS THAT COME IN "BOOKS" (blue), SUN___ (purple).

CALL

TAN

DRY

FLOWER

CHECK

DIAL

FOLD

BID

MATCH

SORT

STAMP

APPEAL

WASH

SCREEN

REQUEST

COUPON

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 #1052, Tuesday, April 28. 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 28 (#1052)?: The four groups are ENTREATY (APPEAL, BID, CALL, REQUEST); LAUNDRY DAY VERBS (DRY, FOLD, SORT, WASH); THINGS THAT COME IN "BOOKS" (CHECK, COUPON, MATCH, STAMP); SUN___ (DIAL, FLOWER, SCREEN, TAN).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "SUN___" — 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.