What is the NYT Connections answer for May 8 (#1062)?

The four groups are CANOODLING (FIRST BASE, MAKING OUT, NECKING, TONSIL HOCKEY); FIVE-SIDED THINGS (HOME PLATE, JEANS BACK POCKET, SCHOOL CROSSING SIGN, THE PENTAGON); UNEXPECTED PLACES TO BE "OUT OF" (LEFT FIELD, NOWHERE, THE BLUE, THIN AIR); ENDING IN CANDY BRANDS MINUS "S" (BURGER KING WHOPPER, FILM NERD, MEMENTO, PITCHER'S MOUND).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "ENDING IN CANDY BRANDS MINUS "S"" — 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.

Friday, May 8, 2026#1062

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Friday, May 8

DailyWordHints Editorial May 8

CANOODLING

Easiest

FIVE-SIDED THINGS

Easy

UNEXPECTED PLACES TO BE "OUT OF"

Tricky

ENDING IN CANDY BRANDS MINUS "S"

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are CANOODLING (yellow), FIVE-SIDED THINGS (green), UNEXPECTED PLACES TO BE "OUT OF" (blue), ENDING IN CANDY BRANDS MINUS "S" (purple).

MEMENTO

LEFT FIELD

SCHOOL CROSSING SIGN

PITCHER'S MOUND

FIRST BASE

NOWHERE

HOME PLATE

FILM NERD

THE PENTAGON

THE BLUE

MAKING OUT

JEANS BACK POCKET

TONSIL HOCKEY

BURGER KING WHOPPER

THIN AIR

NECKING

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 #1062, Friday, May 8. 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 8 (#1062)?: The four groups are CANOODLING (FIRST BASE, MAKING OUT, NECKING, TONSIL HOCKEY); FIVE-SIDED THINGS (HOME PLATE, JEANS BACK POCKET, SCHOOL CROSSING SIGN, THE PENTAGON); UNEXPECTED PLACES TO BE "OUT OF" (LEFT FIELD, NOWHERE, THE BLUE, THIN AIR); ENDING IN CANDY BRANDS MINUS "S" (BURGER KING WHOPPER, FILM NERD, MEMENTO, PITCHER'S MOUND).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "ENDING IN CANDY BRANDS MINUS "S"" — 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.