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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 Saturday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Saturday, July 11 (Game #1126).
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 #1127) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- PARTY
- GEEK
- MAD
- STONE
- DOT
- CAVE
- BEEP
- STUDY
- PHO
- SPREAD
- SLEEP
- PIT
- ROUND
- SAC
- SEED
- REPEAT
NEW Connections today (game #1127) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Vital part of plants
- GREEN: Some confectionery
- BLUE: Campus motto
- PURPLE: City syllables
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 #1127) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: REPRODUCTIVE PART OF FRUIT
- GREEN: A LITTLE CANDY WITH A FRUIT FLAVOR
- BLUE: VERBS IN A COLLEGE LIFE SLOGAN
- PURPLE: BEGINNING OF US CAPITALS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1127) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1127, are…
- YELLOW: REPRODUCTIVE PART OF FRUIT: PIP, PIT, SEED, STONE
- GREEN: BITE FRUIT TASTE SWEET: DOT, GEEK, ROUND, SPREE
- BLUE: VERBS IN COLLEGE LIFE SLOGAN: PARTY, REPEAT, SLEEP, STUDY
- PURPLE: STARTING IN US BIG CITIES: DEN, FOOD, PHO, SAC
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
For anyone based outside the US, like me in the UK, this game had an extra layer of difficulty thanks to Connections’ penchant for candy brands and state capitals.
Now of course I should be fully aware of the many varieties of candy – some of which have admittedly traveled beyond the US to cause dental problems around the world – but compressed dextrose delight SPREE is not one I’ve heard of.
Somehow, though, I got through with only two mistakes.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, July 11, 2026, Game #1126)
- YELLOW: CIRCUS EQUIPMENT: CANNON, STILTE, TRAPEZE, UNICYCLE
- GREEN: UNCORRECTED, LIKE WATER: CALM, FLAT, GLASSY, QUIET
- BLUE: “TOY STORY” CHARACTERS: BO PEEP, JESSIE, SLINKY, WOODY
- PURPLE: DOUBLE LETTERS FOUND IN THE LETTER ALPHABETICAL:
- POSITION AARDVARK, BOCCE, EBBING, TWIDDLE
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.
