Are you looking for a different day?
A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s game.” If instead you are looking for the Monday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Monday, July 6 (Game #1121).
Good day! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play more word games, of course. I also have daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle’s current 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 (Set #1122) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- PLOT
- DISCOUNT
- JOCK
- COLBERTO
- LETRAMAN
- FRENCH
- LEMON
- KITCHEN
- BERNIE
- HALL
- OLIVER
- TEAM CAPTAIN
- STUDY
- SAN ANSELMO
- ALL AMERICAN
- CONSERVATORY
NYT Connections Today (Game #1122) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Featured in a mysterious board game.
- GREEN: Types of college sports
- BLUE: Add a shift
- PURPLE: Henson Creations
Do you need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #1122) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ROOMS ON THE TRACK
- GREEN: STUDENT-ATHLETE DESIGNATIONS
- BLUE: ___ SPIN
- PURPLE: ENDING ON “SESAME STREET” CHARACTERS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1122): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1122 are…
- YELLOW: ROOMS ON THE TRACK: CONSERVATORY, LIVING ROOM, KITCHEN, STUDY
- GREEN: STUDENT-ATHLETE DESIGNATIONS: ALL AMERICAN, JOCK, LETTERMAN, TEAM CAPTAIN
- BLUE: ___ TWIST: FRENCH, LEMON, OLIVER, PLOT
- PURPLE: ENDING IN “SESAME STREET” CHARACTERS: BERNIE, COLBERT, DISCOUNT, SAN ANSELMO
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
the game of Clue has appeared a couple of times in Connections (previously we had weapons and characters) and although I never played it, I was familiar with Colonel Mustard and somehow knew that a chandelier could be used as a murder weapon.
This time, however, I got CLUE ROOMS only because they were also, erm, rooms.
My mistake was trying to make sense of the final eight tiles, first making a completely random quartet and then taking my time and tracking down Bert, Ernie, Count and Elmo.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, July 6, 2026, game #1121)
- YELLOW: AWESOME NEWS: BOMB, REVELATION, SHOCK, LIGHTNING
- GREEN: SCIENCE FAIR MODEL SUBJECTS: ATOM, DNA, SOLAR SYSTEM, VOLCANO
- BLUE: ACME PRODUCTS USED BY WILE E. COYOTE: EARTHQUAKE PILLS, IRON BIRD SEEDS, ROCKET SKATES, TNT
- PURPLE: GETTING STARTED WITH DATING APPS: Bumblebee, GRIND LANE, MATCHA, TINDERBOX
What are NYT connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games created 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 is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final question since you’ll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
