NYT Connections #1050
Hints, category titles, and full answers for Sunday, April 26, 2026
Connections Hint #1050 — April 26, 2026
Connections Walkthrough — April 26, 2026
A breakdown of every category from the April 26, 2026 puzzle, the trap words designed to fool players, and what made it tricky.
Group-by-group breakdown (easiest to hardest)
- VOCAL CHARACTERISTICS
You can spot PITCH, RANGE, REGISTER, and TONE as standard ways people describe singing or speaking.
- STIPULATION
CATCH, CAVEAT, FINE PRINT, and STRINGS all signal a deal is less simple than advertised.
- THINGS WITH FACES
BUILDING, CLIFF, CLOCK, and POLYHEDRON each use the same body-part word in a different context.
- CHARACTERS IN "DICK AND JANE"
After the others, DICK, JANE, MOTHER, and SPOT point to a specific old reading-book cast.
The trap words that fool most players
Words placed in this puzzle to make one category look like another.
- SPOTlooks like · THINGS WITH FACESactually · CHARACTERS IN "DICK AND JANE"
You might think of a mark on a face, but here it is a named story character.
- PITCHlooks like · STIPULATIONactually · VOCAL CHARACTERISTICS
A sales pitch can hide a catch, but this word belongs with singing and speech terms.
- CATCHlooks like · VOCAL CHARACTERISTICSactually · STIPULATION
A catch in someone’s voice sounds vocal, but here it means a condition or snag.
What makes this puzzle clever
Several words tug toward body or voice meanings, but the puzzle splits literal surfaces, speech descriptors, conditions, and a very specific children’s-book reference.
About this puzzle
This is the complete solution to NYT Connections puzzle #1050, originally published on Sunday, April 26, 2026. The four categories ranged from STIPULATION (the easiest, yellow group) through THINGS WITH FACES (the trickiest, purple group, which usually involves wordplay or hidden patterns).
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