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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 5 (Game #1120).
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 #1121) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- ATOM
- BUMBLEBEE
- TNT
- THUNDERBOLT
- VOLCANO
- TINDER BOX
- DNA
- ROCKET JOKES
- MATCHA
- BOMB
- EARTHQUAKE
- PILLS
- Revelation
- SOLAR SYSTEM
- GRINDING SHEET
- SHOCKER
- IRON BIRD
- SEED
NEW Connections today (game #1121) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Amazing information
- GREEN: School project
- BLUE: As used by Looney Tunes character
- PURPLE: Romantic beginnings
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 #1121) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GREAT NEWS
- GREEN: SCIENCE FAIR MODEL subjects
- BLUE: ACME PRODUCTS USED BY WILE E. COYOTE
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH DATING APPS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1121) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1121, are…
- YELLOW: GREAT NEWS BOMB, REVELATION, SHOCKER, THUNDERBOLT
- GREEN: SCIENCE FAIR MODEL SUBJECT ATOM, DNA, SOLAR SYSTEM, VOLCANO
- BLUE: ACME PRODUCTS USED BY WILE E. COYOTE EARTHQUAKE PILLS, IRON BIRD SEED, ROCKET, TNT
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH DATING APPS BUMBLE, GRIND RAIL, MATCHA, TINDERBOX
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I’d use cultural differences as the reason I didn’t see SCIENCE FAIR MODEL SUBJECTS, but it’s such a sitcom trope that I have no real excuse to be blind to the concept of a cardboard VOLCANO exploding with vinegar and red food coloring.
STARTING WITH DATING APPS was much easier to spot, made easier by seeing tiles for BUMBLEBEE and TINDERBOX next to each other.
My mistake came with the blue group — I wasn’t thinking about catching a roadrunner, but I thought the EARTHQUAKE PLAYER, IRON BIRD SEED, and ROCKET SCOUT all sounded like crazy inventions, so I added the THUNDERBOLT, thinking it might be some sort of tool.
After getting one off I realized ACME PRODUCTS was the link.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Sunday, July 5, 2026, Game #1120)
- YELLOW: GRANOLA INGREDIENTS HONEY, NUTS, HARE, SEEDS
- GREEN: PAYMENT METHODS CARD, CASH, CHECK, CARD
- BLUE: AMEX CARD TYPES CENTURION, GOLD, GREEN, PLATINUM
- PURPLE: WHAT “W” COULD STAND FOR TUNGSTEN, WEST, WIN, WITH
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.
