A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, July 16 (game #1131).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #1132) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- CRANE GAME
- SATIRES
- TICKETS
- CARDINAL DIRECTIONS
- SWAN SONG
- SUITS
- ROBIN HOOD
- PLOT SPOILER
- TREE TRUNK
- TOKENS
- SEASONS
- EPILOGUE
- LAST DANCE
- CLASSICAL ELEMENTS
- FAREWELL
- PINBALL
NYT Connections today (game #1132) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Final hurrah
- GREEN: As seen at gaming center
- BLUE: Think of a number after three
- PURPLE: Vehicle bits
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…
NYT Connections today (game #1132) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GRAND FINALE
- GREEN: SEEN IN AN ARCADE
- BLUE: FOUR GROUPS OF FOUR
- PURPLE: ENDING IN PARTS OF A CAR
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY 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, CLASSICAL ELEMENTS, SEASONS, SUITS
- PURPLE: ENDING IN PARTS OF A CAR: PLOT SPOILER, ROBIN HOOD, SATIRES, TREE TRUNK
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Even though I didn't get a purple first I was delighted that I managed to get ENDING IN PARTS OF A CAR at all, as I know nothing about automobiles whatsoever.
This particular group needed translating fromAmerican English to UK English for me, because here a trunk is a boot and a spoiler is a bumper.
GRAND FINALE was simple, although EPILOGUE feels the odd one out of the quartet as it’s possible to have an ending to a career and then have an EPILOGUE years later — a movie star returning as a director, for example, or a boxer ill-advisedly coming out of retirement to punch a YouTuber.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, July 16, 2026, game #1131)
- YELLOW: SKINCARE PRODUCTS: CLAY MASK, EYE CREAM, PEEL, TONER
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH TINY MARKS: DOT MATRIX, PERIOD PIECE, POINT BREAK, SPOT REMOVER
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH PRECISION: BULLSEYE, CLOCKWORK, LASER, NEEDLE
- GREEN: SHADES OF BLACK: CHARCOAL, INK, JET, PITCH
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.