‘NYT Connections’ Answers Today May 23rd, 2026 – 1077 Hints and Solutions (5/23/26)

Here are the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle #1077 today, released on May 23rd, 2026, and some hints to help you solve them.

New York Times have a variety of puzzle games available for their readers and there are new puzzles to play on a daily basis. One of these games is called Connections.

The rules of the game are simple for Connections. There are sixteen words for players to sort into four groups of four words that share something in common.

Once you think you have figured out a group, simply click on the four words and click on submit to see if you got it right. You are allowed to get 4 mistakes to solve the puzzle.

Each group is assigned a colour, which shows how easy it should be to group it from yellow, being straightforward, to purple, tricky.

If you’re struggling with today’s NYT Connections answers, we’ve included some hints to help you out. If that’s not enough, we have the answers too.

There are sixteen words for the Connection puzzles, which are:

FIRST
EMPIRE
LAST
BEEHIVE
HAWKEYE
SOONER
FORCE
WOLVERINE
PHANTOM
POMPADOUR
DAREDEVIL
RATHER
CHIGNON
NIGHTCRAWLER
PREFERABLY
BOUFFANT

Daily NYT Connections 1077 Puzzle – 23rd May 2026

Connections 1077 Group Hints Today (May 23rd, 2026)

We know some of you would prefer to have hints for the solution today instead of seeing the answer, so we’ve provided some below to help you out.

Hint 1: One of the groups is “WORDS AFTER “THE” IN “STAR WARS” MOVIE TITLES“.
Hint 2: FIRST and RATHER are in the same group.
Hint 3: Here is an image that will help you solve one of the groups in today’s puzzle: