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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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Wednesday, July 22 (Thu #1137).
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 #1138) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SNAP
- INTENSE
- ORANGE
- FELINE
- FEBRILE
- BASEBALL
- MARBLE
- APRON
- APPOINT
- TERMINAL
- EXCITED
- TRACK
- FRANTIC
- SHED
- MOVE
- GLOBE
NYT Connections today (game #1138) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Round things
- GREEN:On edge
- BLUE: Elements of an airline hub
- PURPLE: Mathematics final
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 #1138) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SPHERICAL THINGS
- GREEN: IN AN ANXIOUS STATE
- BLUE: PARTS OF AN AIRPORT
- PURPLE: END IN TERMS OF GEOMETRY
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1138) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1138 are…
- YELLOW: SPHERICAL THINGS: BASEBALL, GLOBE, MARBLE, ORANGE
- GREEN: IN AN ANXIOUS STATE: EXCITED, FEBRILE, FRENTIC, INTENSE
- BLUE: PARTS OF AN AIRPORT: APRON, HANGAR, RUNWAY, TERMINAL
- PURPLE: END IN TERMS OF GEOMETRY: NAME, MOVE, FELINE, JANGLE
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
I made two, what I’ll call, good mistakes today. “Good,” as in I was on the right track and the mistakes helped me focus on the right quartet.
The first was to choose JANGLE instead of EXCITED. I correctly thought the band was about anxiety and I chose JANGLE because that’s what I feel when I’m nervous or on edge.
Then, after successfully spotting PARTS OF AN AIRPORT, I decided to collect the math words hidden in some tiles and chose ORANGE, because of its scope, rather than MOVE. Meanwhile, how I completely neglected SPHERICAL THINGS is uncertain.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday July 22, 2026, Thu #1137)
- YELLOW: SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION: HIVES, ITCHING, Rash, redness
- GREEN: ON A GOLF SCORING CARD: HOLE, PAR, SCORE, SHOTS
- BLUE: PLATFORM SPECIFIC POSITIONS: PINS, SNAPS, TWEETS, VINES
- PURPLE: CHARACTERISTICS OF A ZEBRA: HOOVES, MANE, TAIL, WHITE STRIPES
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.
