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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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Thursday, July 23 (Thu #1138).
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 #1139) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SPARK
- CANTER
- LAMA
- GO JOGGING
- TO WALK
- YAK
- BACHELOR
- NONE
- HIKING
- FAST
- FRYER
- DRONE
- REFRESH
- redaction
- BABBLE
- HOME SHOT
NYT Connections today (game #1139) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Talk too long
- GREEN: Baseball Terms
- BLUE: Reboot the brain
- PURPLE: It looks divine
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 #1139) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TALK FOR A LONG TIME
- GREEN: RESULTS FOR A DRUMMER
- BLUE: REFER TO MIND, AS MEMORY
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1139) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1139 are…
- YELLOW: TALK FOR A LONG TIME: BABBLE, DRONE, RAMBLE, YAK
- GREEN: RESULTS FOR A DRUMMER: HOME RUN, SIMPLE, STRIKEOUT, WALK
- BLUE: REMEMBER, AS A MEMORY: JOG, PROMPT, REFRESH, SPARK
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES: CANTER, FRYER, LLAMA, NONE
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
Yesterday “baseball” was one of the tiles and today it appears as one of the categories. However, I was wary of a trap, so I decided to avoid HOME RUN, WALK, and STRIKEOUT until later in the game – not least because I didn’t see an obvious fourth baseball term.
Instead, I decided to put WALK, RAMBLE, JOG and CANTER together into a group which I thought meant slow movement. Alas, I was very wrong. Finally, I saw the right group for RAMBLE and I was on my way.
Feeling brave, I added SINGLE to my baseball list and picked up the RESULTS FOR A BATTER group, then managed to see the four tiles connected to BRING TO MIND, LIKE MEMORY. Close to a STRIKEOUT, but far from a HOME RUN.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Thursday July 23, 2026, Thu #1138)
- 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
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.
