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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Saturday, July 4 (Thu #1119).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the clever word game from the New York Times that challenges you to group answers into different categories. This can be difficult, so read on if you need tips on connections.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play other word games of course. I also have daily Strands tips and answers and articles on Quordle tips and answers if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle page today covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (set #1120) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- EARN
- OATS
- GREEN
- THREAD
- WEST
- MAP
- WITH
- DEAR
- GOLD
- TUNGSTEN
- CHECK
- SEEDS
- SPECIES
- PLATINUM
- NUT
- CENTURION
NYT Connections today (game #1120) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Healthy Breakfast Components
- GREEN: Payment methods
- BLUE: The different levels of a brand
- PURPLE: A letter before X in common
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections today (game #1120) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GRANOLA INGREDIENTS
- GREEN: PAYMENT METHODS
- BLUE: AMEX CARD TYPES
- PURPLE: WHAT THE “W” COULD REPRESENT
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1120) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1120 are…
- YELLOW: GRANOLA INGREDIENTS HONEY, NUTS, OATS, SEEDS
- GREEN: PAYMENT METHODS CARD, CASH, CHECK, WIRE
- BLUE: AMEX CENTURION, GOLD, GREEN, PLATINUM CARD TYPES
- PURPLE: WHAT “W” COULD REPRESENT TUNGSTEN, WEST, WIN, WITH
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
At the time, I was working for American Express at their UK headquarters, carrying out what is undoubtedly a fully automated payment authorization task. It was the easiest and most boring job I’ve ever done, but the downside was that I was on night shift, which led to all kinds of inconveniences, including poor nutrition.
That said, that’s not why I got AMEX CARD TYPES; that would be a guess. With eight tiles remaining, it wasn’t too difficult.
GRANOLA INGREDIENTS should have been my first quartet, considering it’s my usual breakfast, but instead the easy win of CARD, CASH, CHECK, and WIRE was hard to resist.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday July 4, 2026, Thu #1119)
- YELLOW: PERSISTENS CONTINUE, LAST, LATE, STAY
- GREEN: TYPES OF POEMS BALLAD, EPIC, ODE, VILLANELLE
- BLUE: TROPICAL DRINKS HURRICANE, PAIN RELIEF, SCORPION, ZOMBIE
- PURPLE: SOFT __ DREAMS, NOTHING, PEAS, SPOT
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 difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little more difficult, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the final question, as you will be able to answer it through a process of elimination. Additionally, you can make up to four mistakes, giving you some breathing room.
However, it’s a bit more complex than something like Wordle, and the game provides plenty of opportunities to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that could obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games website on computer or mobile.
