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 20 (Game #1135).
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 #1136) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- MUSIC
- GRAM
- DRIVER
- VISION
- TUBE
- CROP
- BOOK
- APPLICATION
- ORCHESTRATION
- EXTENSION
- TANK
- KINESIS
- PROMPTER
- HALTER
- LYRIC
- COMPLEMENT
NYT Connections Today (Game #1136) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of similar garment
- GREEN: Computer terms
- BLUE: Parts of a composition
- PURPLE: It starts with a word that rhymes with Nelly.
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 #1136) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TYPES OF TOPS
- GREEN: SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF A MUSICAL
- PURPLE: TV____
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1136): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1136 are…
- YELLOW: TYPES OF TOPS: CULTIVATION, HEADER, TANK, TUBE
- GREEN: SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS: APP, DRIVER, EXTENSION, PLUGIN
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF A MUSICAL: BOOK, LETTERS, MUSIC, ORCHESTRATION
- PURPLE: TELE____: GRAM, KINESIS, POINTER, VISION
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This happens very rarely to me, but today I saw the most difficult group, with PROMPTER and VISION helping me connect GRAM and KINESIS.
It seemed like an easy purple, but perhaps Telegram surprised some people as they are now a pretty useless form of communication.
Anyway, I was rewarded with my 50th Purple First badge; It took me a while to reach this milestone, and my messy play style is to simply connect the first group I see, rather than looking for the one most likely to be purple. I can’t imagine being that tactical with Connections.
In truth, this seemed like a game in which any of the groups could have been yellow on any other day, although all the groups contained things that have largely disappeared.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, July 20, 2026, game #1135)
- YELLOW: ANNOUNCE: BARE, HERALD, SOUND, TRUMPET
- GREEN: THINGS TO CLICK: BUTTON, ICON, LINK, MENU
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH PEARLS: BUBBLE TEA, OYSTER, PORK, WISDOM
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH ALCOHOLIC DRINKS: ALEXA, PRADO, PORTOBELLO, SAKES
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.
