Words Ending in the Little Women March Sisters: Jo, Beth, Amy, and Meg

From NYT Connections puzzle #1159 on May 27, 2026

This FluentSlang explainer covers Words Ending in Little Women March Sisters as it appeared in the NYT Connections hints and answers for May 27, 2026. Use it for the quick meaning, the puzzle trap, and the related same-day clues.

Quick answer

Words Ending in Little Women March Sisters meaning in this puzzle

Words ending in the Little Women March sisters are words whose final letters spell Jo, Beth, Amy, or Meg. Those are the four March sisters in Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women.

Words Ending in Little Women March Sisters
Connections shortcut

Read this clue through the group label ending in the "little women" march sisters, then check whether the other answers point the same way.

Why It Showed Up In Connections

This clue came from the NYT Connections hints and answers for May 27, 2026. In that grid, it pointed toward ending in the "little women" march sisters.

BanjoMacbethMonogamyNutmeg

The key is to test the whole group, not just the first meaning that pops into your head.

Why this clue can fool people

The puzzle had several layers of misdirection. Macbeth looked like it belonged with Hamlet, Lear, and Othello in a Shakespeare group. That fake group was very tempting. But the real puzzle used those literarylooking words in different ways.

How To Read It Fast

Start with the ordinary meaning of Words Ending in Little Women March Sisters, then ask whether the puzzle is using it as slang, a phrase, a category label, or a wordplay trick.

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If the clue only matches one other answer, keep going. The correct Connections group should make all four answers feel like they belong together.

Quick Examples

Banjo → Jo
Macbeth → Beth
Monogamy → Amy
Nutmeg → Meg

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