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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 Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Sunday, July 26 (Game #1141).
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.
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NEW Connections today (game #1142) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- WAGON
- HORSE
- CARROT
- STICK
- KNITTING POLE
- MAGNIFYING GLASS
- BEAM
- CEMETERY
- BELL
- ICICLE
- CALL
- HEART
- PARADIGM
- STALACTITE
- DOPPLER
- PLANING
NEW Connections today (game #1142) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Equipment used by Simone Biles and co
- GREEN: Thin and thin
- BLUE: A word that rhymes with “lift” in common
- PURPLE: As seen during purchase
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 #1142) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GYMNASTIC APPARATUS
- GREEN: LONG ANNOUNCED THINGS
- BLUE: FORM OF CHANGE
- PURPLE: ICONS IN A SHOPPING PLACE
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1142) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1142, are…
- YELLOW: GYMNASTICS EQUIPMENT: BEAM, HORSE, RINGS, PLANER
- GREEN: LONG TAPERED THINGS: CARROT, ISTAN, KNITTING POLE, STALAKTITE
- BLUE: TYPE OF SHIFT: DOPPLER, GRAVEYARD, PARADIGM, STICK
- PURPLE: ICONS IN A SHOPPING PLACE: CLOCK, WAGON, HEART, MAGNIFIER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I managed to get through today’s game without making any mistakes, but I still classify it as a difficult game.
The reason for this is that I was extremely lucky when the game came down to eight pieces; unable to find a group, I just went with the four tiles that lined up.
GRAVEYARD shift and PARADIGM shift I may have got, but DOPPLER and STICK needed a Google. Meanwhile, maybe I don’t do enough online shopping, but CART aside for the other three icons didn’t make me connect them.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Sunday, July 26, 2026, Game #1141)
- YELLOW: BABY MILESTONES: CRAWLING, FIRST WORDS, ROLLING, SOLID FOOD
- GREEN: OUTDOOR CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY: BLACKBERRY, DISCMAN, DVD PLAYER, PLASMA TV
- BLUE: EXPRESSION FOR RAIN: APRIL SHOWERS, LIQUID SUNSHINE, SCOTCH MIST, WET WEATHER
- PURPLE: WHAT “SHELL” MAY REFER TO: CARAPACE, FUEL STATION, CONTICK CRUSH, ROWBOAT
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.
