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A new NEW Connections puzzle pops up at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people are always playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s”. If you’re looking for the Monday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Monday, July 13 (Game #1128).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
What are you going to do when you’re done? Why, play some more puns of course. I also have daily Strands Hints and Answers and Quordle Hints and Answers articles if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle Today page covers the original viral pun.
SPOILER ALERT: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NEW Connections today (game #1129) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- U-TURN
- PICNIC
- CUT
- MIX
- LAUNDRY
- RECYCLING
- PART
- COPY
- BARGAIN
- PURCHASABLE
- UNDERSTANDING
- THIS PAGE UP
- DRESS UP
- AGREEMENT
- EASTER
- DELETE
NEW Connections today (game #1129) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A treaty or covenant
- GREEN: Option to change text
- BLUE: Like a bucket, but with holes
- PURPLE: Graphic with a point
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NEW Connections today (game #1129) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONTRACT
- GREEN: EDIT MENU SELECTION
- BLUE: SHAPE OF CURVE
- PURPLE: SYMBOLIZED WITH ARROWS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1129) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1129, are…
- YELLOW: CONTRACT: AGREEMENT, TRIAL, AGREEMENT, UNDERSTANDING
- GREEN: EDIT MENU SELECTION: COPY, CUT, DELETE, PASTE
- BLUE: SHAPE OF CURVE: EASTER, SHOPPING, WASHING, PICNIC
- PURPLE: SYMBOLIZED WITH ARROWS: RECYCLE, SHUFFLE, THIS SIDE UP, U-TURN
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
With PICNIC, LAUNDRY and CROCERY locked in, I made the mistake of choosing OFFER instead of EASTER.
There was logic in my mistake. My parents ran a grocery store and they put items that were close to their sell by date or damaged in a basket that became known as the BARGAIN basket. I thought it was a universal thing, but maybe not.
The next two groups came pretty easily, especially the four tiles that made up the yellow CONTRACT group, as these are words that seem to be constantly in the news in relation to the negotiations around the Strait of Hormuz.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answer (Monday, July 13, 2026, Game #1128)
- YELLOW: INTERROGATE: INVESTIGATE, GRILL, PUMP, QUESTION
- GREEN: THINGS WITH HANDLES: BUCKET, DRAWER, MUG, UMBRELLA
- BLUE: FICTIONAL CATS: FIGARO, PUSS, SALEM, TOM
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SMOOCHES: BUSSIN, KISSER, PEKKISH, SMACKDOWN
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different degree of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough, and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the last one, as you’ll be able to answer it by a process of elimination. Also, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you beat yourself up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that can hide the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
