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 28 (Game #1143).
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 #1144) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- CORK
- PEARL
- ESSENTIAL
- STAPLE
- HALF
- WORD
- CHALK
- WHITE
- BLACK
- VANILLA
- JEWEL
- NAIL
- RIVET
- NUGGET
- SCREW
- FLAT
NYT Connections Today (Game #1144) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Fix to a wall with these
- GREEN: Same old same old, same old same old
- BLUE: Release of perception
- PURPLE: Teachers use these
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 #1144) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BRAS
- GREEN: MEDIOCRE
- BLUE: UNITS OF WISDOM
- PURPLE: ____Blackboards in a classroom
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1144): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1144 are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
I worked hard on a relatively simple, cheat-free game.
My first two errors came from first collecting the group of UNDESCRIBED words, including STAPLE instead of MID, which is understandable, since STAPLE describes something regular and average, and then WHITE, which is not understandable, although whiteness implies boring, which is where I think my brain went.
Unfortunately, my mistakes didn’t end there as I initially thought that UNITS OF WISDOM was a collection of valuable things, so after connecting GEM, NUGGET and PEARL I added CORK since it is quite an expensive material.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, July 28, 2026, Game #1143)
- YELLOW: COMMAND: CAPTAIN, DIRECTOR, BOSS, LEADER
- GREEN: HOW DO YOU LIKE APPLES? EMPIRE, FUJI, GALA, HONEYCRISP
- BLUE: FOOTWEAR BRANDS THAT BEGIN WITH “C”: CAMPER, CLARKS, CONVERSE, CROCS
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH PALINDROMIC NAMES: ANNAPOLIS, SLEDGE, EVEREST, OTTOMAN
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.
