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 the Thursday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Thursday, July 16 (Game #1131).
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 #1132) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- CRANE GAME
- Satires
- TICKETS
- CARDINAL ADDRESSES
- SWAN SONG
- SUITS
- Robin Hood
- PLOT SPOILERS
- TREE TRUNK
- TOKENS
- SEASONS
- EPILOGUE
- LAST DANCE
- CLASSIC ELEMENTS
- FAREWELL
- PINBALL
NYT Connections Today (Game #1132) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: last hurray
- GREEN: As seen in the game center.
- BLUE: Think of a number after three.
- PURPLE: Vehicle parts
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 #1132) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GREAT FINAL
- GREEN: SEEN IN AN ARCADE
- BLUE: FOUR GROUPS OF FOUR
- PURPLE: ENDING IN PARTS OF A CAR
Well, 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 FINAL: EPILOGUE, FAREWELL, LAST DANCE, SWAN SONG
- GREEN: SEEN IN AN ARCADE: CRANE GAME, PINBALL, TICKETS, TOKENS
- BLUE: FOUR GROUPS OF FOUR: CARDINAL ADDRESSES, CLASSIC ELEMENTS, SEASONS, COSTUMES
- PURPLE: ENDING IN PARTS OF A CAR: PLOT SPOILER, ROBIN HOOD, SATYRES, TREE TRUNK
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Although I didn’t get a purple color first, I was delighted that I managed to end up IN PARTS OF A CAR, since I know nothing about cars.
This particular group needed a translation from American English to British English, because here a trunk is a trunk and a spoiler is a bumper.
GRAND ENDING was simple, although EPILOGUE seems strange within the quartet, since it is 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 who unwisely comes out of retirement to beat up a YouTuber.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday, July 16, 2026, Game #1131)
- 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
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.
