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 22 (Game #1137).
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 #1138) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- DREAM
- INTENSE
- ORANGE
- FELINE
- FEBRILE
- BASEBALL
- MARBLE
- APRON
- NAME
- TERMINAL
- ENTHUSIASTIC
- CLUE
- FRANTIC
- HANGAR
- GET OFF THE PLANE
- GLOBE
NYT Connections Today (Game #1138) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: round things
- GREEN:Highly strung
- BLUE: Elements of an airline hub
- PURPLE: end of mathematics
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 #1138) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SPHERICAL THINGS
- GREEN: IN A STATE OF ANXIOUS
- BLUE: PARTS OF AN AIRPORT
- PURPLE: ENDING IN TERMS OF GEOMETRY
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1138): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1138 are…
- YELLOW: SPHERICAL THINGS: BASEBALL, GLOBE, MARBLE, ORANGE
- GREEN: IN ANXIOUS STATE: EXCITED, FEBRILE, FRENTIC, INTENSE
- BLUE: PARTS OF AN AIRPORT: PLATFORM, HANGAR, RUNWAY, TERMINAL
- PURPLE: TERMINATION IN TERMS OF GEOMETRY: NAME, DEVELOP, FELINE, JANGLE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I made two mistakes, what I’ll call good mistakes today. “Good” since I was on the right track and the mistakes helped me find the right quartet.
The first was choosing JANGLE instead of EXCITED. I correctly thought the group was about anxiety and chose JANGLE because that’s how I feel when I’m nervous or on edge.
Then, after successfully detecting PARTS OF AN AIRPORT, I decided to collect the math words hidden in some tiles and chose ORANGE, due to range, instead of DEPLANE. Meanwhile, it’s unclear how I completely missed the SPHERICAL THINGS.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday, July 22, 2026, game #1137)
- YELLOW: SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION: Hives, itching, rash, redness
- GREEN: ON A GOLF SCORECARD: HOLE, PAR, SCORE, HITS
- BLUE: PLATFORM SPECIFIC PUBLICATIONS: PINS, INSTANTS, TWEETS, VINES
- PURPLE: CHARACTERISTICS OF A ZEBRA: PIECES, MANE, TAIL, WHITE STRIPES
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.
