NYT ‘Connections' Hints, Clues and Answers Today, Saturday, February 7, 2026
Hints about today’s NYT ‘Connections’ categories—and the answers.
parade.comHere’s the latest about NYT Connections for May 7, 2026.
- The puzzle for May 7, 2026 (Puzzle #1061) has four categories containing 16 words total, with clues pointing to the groups Fishing Gear, Multitude, Commit a Basketball Infraction, and Controlled with Up/Down Buttons. This matches the typical daily format for Connections [source summaries indicate the same four groups for May 7, 2026].[1][2][3]
- Common solutions reported for this date include the group labels Fishing Gear, Multitude, Commit a Basketball Infraction, and Controlled with Up/Down Buttons, with example word sets like fly, hook, line in the Fishing Gear group; droVe, host, mass, pack for Multitude; carry, double-dribble, goaltend, travel for the basketball infraction group; and car window, channel, elevator, volume for Up/Down controls.[2][3][5]
If you’d like, I can pull the exact word lists for each category and walk you through solving the puzzle step by step. I can also provide spoiler-free hints or a full solution plan, depending on what you prefer.
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