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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 16 (Thu #1131).
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 #1132) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- CRANE GAME
- SATIRES
- TICKETS
- DIRECTIONS CARDINAL
- SWAN SONG
- SUITS
- ROBIN OF THE HOODS
- PLOT SPOILER
- TREE TRUNK
- TOKENS
- SEASONS
- EPILOGUE
- LAST DANCE
- CLASSIC ELEMENTS
- FAREWELL
- PINBALL
NYT Connections today (game #1132) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Final hurray
- GREEN: As seen at the play center
- BLUE: Think of a number after three hours
- PURPLE: Vehicle Parts
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 #1132) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GRAND FINAL
- GREEN: SEEN IN AN ARCADE
- BLUE: FOUR GROUPS OF FOUR
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH PARTS OF A CAR
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1132) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1132 are…
- YELLOW: GRAND FINALE: EPILOGUE, FAREWELL, LAST DANCE, SWAN SONG
- GREEN: SEEN IN AN ARCADE: CRANE GAME, PINball, TICKETS, TOKENS
- BLUE: FOUR GROUPS OF FOUR: CARDINAL DIRECTIONS, CLASSIC ELEMENTS, SEASONS, COSTUMES
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH PARTS OF A CAR: PLOT SPOILER, ROBIN HOODS, SATIRES, TREE TRUNK
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
Although I didn’t get purple first, I was glad I managed to get END IN PARTS OF A CAR, since I know absolutely nothing about automobiles.
This particular group needed me to translate from American English to British English, because here a trunk is a trunk and a spoiler is a bumper.
GRAND FINALE was simple, although EPILOGUE seems odd in the quartet because it’s possible to end a career and then have an EPILOGUE years later – a movie star returning as a director, for example, or a boxer inadvertently coming out of retirement to punch a YouTuber.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Thursday July 16, 2026, Thu #1131)
- YELLOW: CARE PRODUCTS: CLAY MASK, EYE CREAM, PEEL, TONER
- PURPLE: START WITH SMALL MARKS: POINT MATRIX, PERIOD PIECE, POINT BREAK, ANTI-STAIN
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH PRECISION: BULLSEYE, WATCHMAKING, LASER, NEEDLE
- GREEN: SHADES OF BLACK: CHARCOAL, INK, JET, PITCH
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.
