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 29 (Game #1144).
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.
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NYT Connections Today (Set #1145) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- balancing act
- CARNIVAL
- SPOT
- FAIR
- BINGO
- GOOD
- POOL
- NOSE
- MONEY
- GOOD
- BEER PONG
- CELEBRITY
- VIKING
- BRAND
- PRINCESS
- FAIR
NYT Connections Today (Game #1145) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Do the right thing
- GREEN: Many spherical objects are involved.
- BLUE: Large fleets of ships
- PURPLE: Expressions that mean exact
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 #1145) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: VIRTUOUS
- GREEN: ACTIVITIES WITH MULTIPLE BALLS
- BLUE: CRUISE LINES
- PURPLE: IN THE __, TO MEAN “ACCURATE”
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1145): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1145 are…
- YELLOW: VIRTUOUS: FAIR, GOOD, FAIR, RIGHT
- GREEN: ACTIVITIES WITH MULTIPLE BALLS: BEER PONG, BINGO, SWORDS, BILLIARDS
- BLUE: CRUISE LINES: CARNIVAL, CELEBRITY, PRINCESS, VIKING
- PURPLE: IN THE __, TO MEAN “ACCURATE”: POINT, BRAND, MONEY, NOSE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Aside from CRUISE LINES, which I saw right away, this was a game where I knew what the groups were about, but I also didn’t.
My mistake came from collecting VIRTUOUS and thinking it was all about lining up and making something measure correctly, so I had RIGHT, FAIR, RIGHT and NOSE, as in “on the NOSE”, which I never considered could be a group.
Then I collected the four MULTI-BALL ACTIVITIES, but I thought they were something about games that happen at parties; Not that I’ve ever been to a party where a game of BINGO was played.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, July 29, 2026, Game #1144)
- YELLOW: FASTENERS: NAIL, RIVET, SCREW, STAPLE
- GREEN: NO DESCRIPTION: BASIC, MEDIUM, SMOOTH, VANILLA
- BLUE: UNITS OF WISDOM: GEM, NUGGETE, PEARL, WORD
- PURPLE: ____ TABLES IN A CLASSROOM: BLACK, CHALK, CORK, WHITE
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.
