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Booklovers, today’s NYT Connections puzzle is for us. Well, at least the purple category, which creatively honors a beloved classic book. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Like Bedford Falls.
Green group hint: Roll the dice and move your token.
Blue group hint: Mix up the letters and you’ll see.
Purple group hint: Marmee’s girls.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Small community.
Green group: Classic board games.
Blue group: Homophones of ways of looking.
Purple group: Ending in the “Little Women” March sisters.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for May 27, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is small community. The four answers are commune, hamlet, township and village.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is classic board games. The four answers are Battleship, Operation, Othello and Trouble.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is homophones of ways of looking. The four answers are aye (eye), lear (leer), pier (peer) and stair (stare).
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ending in the “Little Women” March sisters. The four answers are banjo (Jo), Macbeth (Beth), monogamy (Amy) and nutmeg (Meg).
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.