What is the NYT Connections answer for May 2 (#1056)?

The four groups are CLAIRVOYANT (EXTRASENSORY, MENTAL, PSYCHIC, TELEPATHIC); STAGED PERFORMANCES (BALLET, MUSICAL, OPERA, PLAY); U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS (EDUCATION, INTERIOR, STATE, TREASURY); STARTING WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES (GLOBETROTTER, HERALDRY, POST-IT, TIMES TABLES).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "STARTING WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES" — 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.

Saturday, May 2, 2026#1056

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Saturday, May 2

DailyWordHints Editorial May 2

CLAIRVOYANT

Easiest

STAGED PERFORMANCES

Easy

U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS

Tricky

STARTING WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are CLAIRVOYANT (yellow), STAGED PERFORMANCES (green), U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS (blue), STARTING WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES (purple).

POST-IT

TREASURY

HERALDRY

PLAY

INTERIOR

MUSICAL

MENTAL

STATE

TIMES TABLES

EDUCATION

OPERA

PSYCHIC

EXTRASENSORY

GLOBETROTTER

TELEPATHIC

BALLET

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 #1056, Saturday, May 2. 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 May 2 (#1056)?: The four groups are CLAIRVOYANT (EXTRASENSORY, MENTAL, PSYCHIC, TELEPATHIC); STAGED PERFORMANCES (BALLET, MUSICAL, OPERA, PLAY); U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS (EDUCATION, INTERIOR, STATE, TREASURY); STARTING WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES (GLOBETROTTER, HERALDRY, POST-IT, TIMES TABLES).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "STARTING WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES" — 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.