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 Tuesday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Tuesday, July 21 (Game #1136).
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 #1137) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- WHITE STRIPES
- HOLE
- PAWS
- STROKES
- URTICARIA
- PIECES
- VINES
- SCORE
- brooches
- RASH
- MANE
- Tweets
- PAIR
- REDNESS
- LINE
- ITCH
NYT Connections Today (Game #1137) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Involuntary biological response
- GREEN: Notes to complete 18
- BLUE: Social media messages
- PURPLE: like a striped horse
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 #1137) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION
- GREEN: ON A GOLF SCORECARD
- BLUE: PLATFORM-SPECIFIC PUBLICATIONS
- PURPLE: CHARACTERISTICS OF A ZEBRA
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1137): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1137 are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
WHITE STRIPES, STROKES and HIVES are all alternative rock bands from the same era, but unable to find a fourth, I added HOLE, whose main period of activity was a decade earlier. I really should have known this was a trap, but I couldn’t help it.
Composing myself I saw that HIVES belonged to a group made up of SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION, but it was necessary to get PIECES, MANE and TAIL before seeing where WHITE STRIPES fit into a world beyond music.
With eight chips left, PINS presented me with a dilemma as it belonged to both the world of social media (Pinterest, to be precise) and the world of golf. Luckily, I chose to link it to VINES, TWEETS, and SNAPS instead of ON A GOLF SCORECARD.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, July 21, 2026, Game #1136)
- 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
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.
