NYT Connections Hints Today: Saturday, May 16 Clues And Answers (#1070)

InnovationGamingNYT Connections Hints Today: Saturday, May 16 Clues And Answers (#1070)ByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorMay 15, 2026, 10:00am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.ConnectionsNYTLooking for Friday’s NYT Connections hints, clues and answers instead? You can find them here:ForbesNYT Connections Hints Today: Friday, May 15 Clues And Answers (#1,069)By Kris HoltNew Connections today and I think that the NYT is going to start to have to be a little less obvious with how they set up Purple Group at this point.How to Play ConnectionsConnections is the second-most popular NYT Games puzzle game outside of the main crossword itself, and an extremely fun, free offering that will get your brain moving every day. Play it right here.The goal is to take a group of 16 words and find links between four pairs of four of them. They could be specific categories of terms, or they could be little world puzzles where words may come before or after them you need to figure out. And they get more complicated from there.There is only one set of right answers for this, and you only get a certain number of tries so you can’t just spam around until you find something. There are difficulty tiers coded by color, which will usually go from yellow, blue/green to purple as difficulty increases, so know that going in and when you start linking them together.MORE FOR YOUYou pick the four words you think are linked and either you will get a solve and a lit up row that shows you how you were connected. If you’re close, it will tell you that you’re one away. Again, four mistakes you lose, but if you want to know the answers without failing, either come here, or delete your web cookies and try again. If you want to play more puzzles, you can get an NYT Game...