NYT Connections Hints for May 27, 2026 (#1159)
Game
BANJO
OTHELLO
AYE
NUTMEG
HAMLET
PIER
OPERATION
MACBETH
LEAR
TROUBLE
MONOGAMY
COMMUNE
TOWNSHIP
BATTLESHIP
VILLAGE
STAIR
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SMALL COMMUNITY
Back to CategoriesSmall Settlements or Communities
COMMUNE
A small, intentional community where people live together and share resources.
HAMLET
A very small village, often without a church or other central buildings.
TOWNSHIP
A small town or a subdivision of a county in some regions.
VILLAGE
A small community in a rural area, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town.
CLASSIC BOARD GAMES
Back to CategoriesPopular Traditional Board Games
BATTLESHIP
A guessing game where players try to sink each other's ships on a grid.
OPERATION
A game where players remove plastic body parts from a patient without touching the edges.
OTHELLO
A strategy game where players flip discs to capture the opponent's pieces.
TROUBLE
A racing game where players move pegs around a board, with a 'Pop-O-Matic' dice roller.
HOMOPHONES OF WAYS OF LOOKING
Back to CategoriesWords that sound like verbs meaning 'to look' or 'to see'
AYE
Homophone of 'eye', meaning a look or glance.
LEAR
Homophone of 'leer', meaning to look with a sly or suggestive expression.
PIER
Homophone of 'peer', meaning to look closely or intently.
STAIR
Homophone of 'stare', meaning to look fixedly at something.
ENDING IN THE "LITTLE WOMEN" MARCH SISTERS
Back to CategoriesWords that end with the names of the March sisters from 'Little Women' (Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy)
BANJO
Ends with 'jo' (like Jo March).
MACBETH
Ends with 'beth' (like Beth March).
MONOGAMY
Ends with 'amy' (like Amy March).
NUTMEG
Ends with 'meg' (like Meg March).