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NYT Connections Hints Today (#1058)—Answers for Monday, May 4

It’s a whole new week! That means you’re about to line up another seven attempts to push your NYT Connections streak even further. Fortunately, I’m here with the best NYT Connections answers and hints you’ll find anywhere online! Just scroll down, and you’ll have today’s NYT Connections solutions ready to go.

How to Play NYT Connections

In June 2023, NYT Connections emerged as yet another game in the ever-growing lineup of the New York Times titles. This title soared immediately, and it’s easy to see why. As a free-to-play, accessible New York Times game, NYT Connections is available worldwide and can be played on desktop devices or in a mobile app.

But how do you play NYT Connections?

The NYT team will provide you with a grid of 16 words once a day. The only task left up to you is to sort those words into four groups of four by finding their commonalities. Every NYT Connections puzzle has just one solution, and some words can have double meanings, so it can sometimes be tricky to figure out the answers.

It’s also important to stress that the words are color-coded: yellow, blue, green, and purple. That’s in order of difficulty, from least to most.

What’s critical here is that you get four guesses every day, and if you use those, your NYT Connections answers for today will be out of reach, as it’ll be game over.

Today’s NYT Connections Hints (May 4)

Here are the words from today’s NYT Connections puzzle:

  • MARSHMALLOW
  • SOFTIE
  • SWEETHEART
  • TEDDY BEAR
  • BEANIE BABY
  • DESSICANT PACKET
  • EYE PILLOW
  • HACKY SACK
  • CONTROL PANEL
  • ETCH A SKETCH
  • RADIO
  • STOVE
  • CHOWDER
  • DOODLE BUG
  • LABUBU
  • PITTER-PATTER

And here are the hints I can offer for today’s NYT Connections:

  • Yellow – Words you’d use to describe someone kind-hearted
  • Green – Things filled with small pellets
  • Blue – Things with knobs and buttons
  • Purple – These words start with abbreviated dog names

Here’s the final warning before we get to the NYT Connections answers for today, May 4:

Are you sure you want to scroll further?

Very well!

NYT Connections Answers Explained for Today, May 4 (#1058)

If you want to jump straight to the answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzle, I’ve got you covered:

  • Yellow – MARSHMALLOW, SOFTIE, SWEETHEART, TEDDY BEAR
  • Green – BEANIE BABY, DESSICANT PACKET, EYE PILLOW, HACKY SACK
  • Blue – CONTROL PANEL, ETCH A SKETCH, RADIO, STOVE
  • Purple – CHOWDER, DOODLE BUG, LABUBA, PITTER-PATTER

When Does NYT Connections Reset?

That’s today’s puzzle, but if you want the next one, the game resets daily at midnight local time (that’s your local time). You’ll have 24 hours to complete the puzzle when midnight ticks over in your timezone.

How did you do? Did you get a perfect run? Let me know what your streak looks like on the Insider Gaming Discord server.

Written by
Grant Taylor-Hill
Senior Editor and Esports Lead

Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.

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