NYT Connections #1064
Hints, category titles, and full answers for Sunday, May 10, 2026
Connections Hint #1064 — May 10, 2026
Connections Walkthrough — May 10, 2026
A breakdown of every category from the May 10, 2026 puzzle, the trap words designed to fool players, and what made it tricky.
Group-by-group breakdown (easiest to hardest)
- MUSIC PLAYER BUTTONS
You can spot PLAY, REPEAT, SHUFFLE, and SKIP together as common listening controls.
- VERBS IN MAKING A MOJITO
Once music is gone, GARNISH, MUDDLE, POUR, and STIR clearly fit drink preparation.
- DESTINED
BOUND, CERTAIN, FATED, and SURE all describe something that cannot be avoided.
- WHAT "SPRING" MIGHT REFER TO
COIL, FOUNTAIN, LEAP, and SEASON are separate things the same word can name.
The trap words that fool most players
Words placed in this puzzle to make one category look like another.
- BOUNDlooks like · WHAT "SPRING" MIGHT REFER TOactually · DESTINED
BOUND can mean a jump, but here you need its inevitable-future sense.
- SKIPlooks like · WHAT "SPRING" MIGHT REFER TOactually · MUSIC PLAYER BUTTONS
SKIP can suggest a little jump, but it belongs with playback controls.
- SHUFFLElooks like · VERBS IN MAKING A MOJITOactually · MUSIC PLAYER BUTTONS
SHUFFLE sounds like mixing, but it is grouped with other audio commands.
What makes this puzzle clever
The hardest set is a classic meanings-of-one-word group; save it until the concrete activity groups are cleared.
About this puzzle
This is the complete solution to NYT Connections puzzle #1064, originally published on Sunday, May 10, 2026. The four categories ranged from MUSIC PLAYER BUTTONS (the easiest, yellow group) through WHAT "SPRING" MIGHT REFER TO (the trickiest, purple group, which usually involves wordplay or hidden patterns).
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