Yesterday's NYT Connections #1061 for Thursday, May 7, 2026 grouped fishing gear, multitudes, basketball infractions, and up/down controls.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections #1061 for Thursday, May 7, 2026 grouped fishing gear, multitudes, basketball infractions, and up/down controls.
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The trick the puzzle was actually after.
The May 7 Connections puzzle used one straightforward object group, one synonym group, one sports-rule group, and one functional-control group. The main trap was VOLUME, which can pull solvers toward a “multitude” idea before the up/down-button category becomes clear.
Source check: official New York Times Connections service for May 7, 2026: https://www.nytimes.com/svc/connections/v2/2026-05-07.json
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| Date | Puzzle | Answer |
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| Thu, May 7, 2026 | Connections #1061 | FISHING GEAR: FLY, HOOK, LINE, NET. MULTITUDE: DROVE, HOST, MASS, PACK. COMMIT A BASKETBALL INFRACTION: CARRY, DOUBLE-DRIBBLE, GOALTEND, TRAVEL. CONTROLLED WITH UP/DOWN BUTTONS: CAR WINDOW, CHANNEL, ELEVATOR, VOLUME. |
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Readers searching for yesterday's NYT Connections answers, Connections #1061, or Connections May 7 2026 want the solved board without a stale dated archive. This page keeps the previous day's puzzle on a stable URL and preserves the category order.
The May 7 board is clean once CARRY, DOUBLE-DRIBBLE, GOALTEND, and TRAVEL are recognized as basketball infractions.
The categories were Fishing Gear, Multitude, Commit a Basketball Infraction, and Controlled With Up/Down Buttons.
Fly, Hook, Line, Net; Drove, Host, Mass, Pack; Carry, Double-Dribble, Goaltend, Travel; Car Window, Channel, Elevator, Volume.
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