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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 Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Tuesday, July 21 (Game #1136).
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 #1137) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- WHITE STRIPES
- HOLE
- PINS
- BATTLE
- HIV
- HOOF
- WINES
- SCORE
- SNAPS
- RASH
- MANE
- TWEETS
- COUPLE
- BLUSH
- TAIL
- Itch
NEW Connections today (game #1137) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Involuntary biological response
- GREEN: Grades for having completed 18
- BLUE: Messages on social media
- PURPLE: Like a striped horse
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 #1137) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION
- GREEN: ON A GOLF SCORECARD
- BLUE: PLATFORM-SPECIFIC ENTRIES
- PURPLE: FUNCTIONS OF A ZEBRA
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1137) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1137, are…
- YELLOW: SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION: HIV, ITCHING, RASH, REDNESS
- GREEN: ON A GOLF SCORECARD: HOLE, PAR, SCORE, STROKE
- BLUE: PLATFORM-SPECIFIC PLATES: PINS, SNAPS, TWEETS, VINES
- PURPLE: FEATURES OF A ZEBRA: HOOF, MAN, TAIL, WHITE STRIPES
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
WHITE STRIPES, STROKES and HIVES are all alt-rock bands from the same era, but since I couldn’t find a fourth, I added HOLE – whose prime period of activity was a decade earlier. I really should have known this was a trap, but I just couldn’t help myself.
When I pulled myself together, I saw that HIVES belonged instead to a group consisting of SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION, but it took getting HOOVE, MAN and TAIL before I saw how WHITE STRIPES fit into a world beyond music.
With eight tiles to go, PINS caused me a dilemma as it belonged both in the world of social media (Pinterest, to be exact) and golf. Fortunately, I chose to link it with VINES, TWEETS and SNAPS instead of ON A GOLF SCORECARD.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Tuesday, July 21, 2026, Game #1136)
- YELLOW: Kind of peaks: DECIDE, HALT, TANK, TOUCH
- GREEN: SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS: APP, DRIVER, EXTENSION, PLUGIN
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF A MUSICAL: BOOK, LYRICS, MUSIC, ORCHESTRA
- PURPLE: TELE____: GRAM, KINESIS, PROMPTS, VISION
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.
