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 you are instead looking for Wednesday’s puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Wednesday, July 15 (Game #1130).
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 #1131) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- NEEDLE
- INK
- JET
- POINT MATRIX
- TONER
- BREAKING POINT
- LASER
- COAL
- PEEL
- PASSED
- PERIOD PIECE
- DIANA
- STAIN REMOVER
- EYE CREAM
- CLOCKWORK
- CLAY MASK
NYT Connections Today (Game #1131) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Cosmetics
- PURPLE: small beginnings
- BLUE: Searching for perfection
- GREEN: the darkness
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 #1131) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SKIN CARE PRODUCTS
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SMALL BRANDS
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH PRECISION
- GREEN: SHADES OF BLACK
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1131): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1131 are…
- YELLOW: SKIN CARE PRODUCTS: CLAY MASK, EYE CREAM, PEEL, TONER
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SMALL BRANDS: POINT MATRIX, PERIOD PIECE, BREAK POINT, STAIN REMOVER
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH PRECISION: BULLSEYE, CLOCK MECHANISM, LASER, NEEDLE
- GREEN: SHADES OF BLACK: CARBON, INK, SAVINGS, PECHA
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Looking at today’s game after completing it, I don’t understand why I couldn’t watch SHADES OF BLACK, since it’s the only group that could have really gotten it right.
The other three groups were the result of confusing play and lucky guesses, particularly STARTING WITH SMALL MARKS, which I got not because I saw dot, dot, dot, and dot, but because all the tiles were made up of two words.
However, before that I made the mistake of putting together what I thought were four different types of printers. I hope I wasn’t the only player to fall into that trap, but the truth is that it doesn’t take much to catch me.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, July 15, 2026, Game #1130)
- YELLOW: TERMS FOR THE LEGAL SYSTEM: BAR, BANK, COURT, COURT
- GREEN: THINGS WITH LACES: BASEBALL GLOVE, CORSET, FOOTBALL, SHOE
- BLUE: TYPES OF SPORTS: END, ENGINE, RACKET, WATER
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “ROOM” TO INDICATE ADDITIONAL SPACE: BREATHING, ELBOW, HEAD, MEO
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.
