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Here are some clues and answers for NYT Connections Puzzle #1,065 for Monday, May 11.
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a real challenge. The purple category is another one where you have to look inside other words for four words that have some sort of connection. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Quite sneaky.
Green group index: Different plans.
Blue group index: Elementary, my dear Watson.
Purple group index: Hidden anatomy words.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Move stealthily, with “in”.
Green group: Types of diets.
Blue group: Detective films.
Purple group: Parts of the body surrounded by two letters.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The NYT Connections puzzle completed by May 11, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETYellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is to move stealthily, with “in”. The four answers are: crawl, slide, sneak and fly.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is a kind of pattern. The four answers are color, Ponzi, pyramid and rhyme.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is that of detective films. The four answers are Chinatown, Knives Out, Seven and Vertigo.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme consists of body parts surrounded by two letters. The four answers are elegy (leg), karma (arm), key (eye), and shandy (hand).
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