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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, July 6 (game #1121).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today 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 (game #1122) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PLOT
- DISCOUNT
- JOCK
- COLBERT
- LETTERMAN
- FRENCH
- LEMON
- KITCHEN
- BERNIE
- HALL
- OLIVER
- TEAM CAPTAIN
- STUDY
- SAN ANSELMO
- ALL-AMERICAN
- CONSERVATORY
NYT Connections today (game #1122) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Featured in a mysterious board game
- GREEN: College sports types
- BLUE: Add a turn
- PURPLE: Henson creations
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #1122) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ROOMS IN CLUE
- GREEN: STUDENT-ATHLETE DESIGNATIONS
- BLUE: ___ TWIST
- PURPLE: ENDING IN “SESAME STREET” CHARACTERS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1122) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1122, are…
- YELLOW: ROOMS IN CLUE: CONSERVATORY, HALL, KITCHEN, STUDY
- GREEN: STUDENT-ATHLETE DESIGNATIONS: ALL-AMERICAN, JOCK, LETTERMAN, TEAM CAPTAIN
- BLUE: ___ TWIST: FRENCH, LEMON, OLIVER, PLOT
- PURPLE: ENDING IN “SESAME STREET” CHARACTERS: BERNIE, COLBERT, DISCOUNT, SAN ANSELMO
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
The game of Clue has come up a couple of times in Connections — previously we had weapons and characters — and although I’ve never played it I was familiar with Colonel Mustard and somehow knew that a candlestick could be used as murder weapon.
This time, though, I got ROOMS IN CLUE just because they were also, erm rooms.
My mistake came in trying to make sense of the final eight tiles, first making an utterly random quartet and then taking some time and spotting Bert, Ernie, Count and Elmo.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, July 6, 2026, game #1121)
- YELLOW: STUNNING NEWS: BOMBSHELL, REVELATION, SHOCKER, THUNDERBOLT
- GREEN: SCIENCE FAIR MODEL SUBJECTS: ATOM, DNA, SOLAR SYSTEM, VOLCANO
- BLUE: ACME PRODUCTS USED BY WILE E. COYOTE: EARTHQUAKE PILLS, IRON BIRD SEED, ROCKET SKATES, TNT
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH DATING APPS: BUMBLEBEE, GRIND RAIL, MATCHA, TINDERBOX
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made 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 a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
