NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, July 21 (game #1136)
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 20 (game #1135).
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 #1136) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- MUSIC
- GRAM
- DRIVER
- VISION
- TUBE
- CROP
- BOOK
- APP
- ORCHESTRATION
- EXTENSION
- TANK
- KINESIS
- PROMPTER
- HALTER
- LYRICS
- PLUGIN
NYT Connections today (game #1136) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of a similar garment
- GREEN: Computer terms
- BLUE: Parts of a composition
- PURPLE: Begin with word that rhymes with Nelly
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 #1136) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: KINDS OF TOPS
- GREEN: SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF A MUSICAL
- PURPLE: TELE____
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1136) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1136, are…
- YELLOW: KINDS OF TOPS: CROP, HALTER, TANK, TUBE
- GREEN: SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS: APP, DRIVER, EXTENSION, PLUGIN
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF A MUSICAL: BOOK, LYRICS, MUSIC, ORCHESTRATION
- PURPLE: TELE____: GRAM, KINESIS, PROMPTER, VISION
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This happens very rarely to me, but I saw the hardest group immediately today, with PROMPTER and VISION helping me connect GRAM and KINESIS.
It felt like an easy purple, but maybe telegram caught a few people out seeing as they are now a fairly pointless form of communication.
Regardless, I was rewarded with my 50th Purple First badge — it has taken me a while to reach this milestone, with my haphazard play style instead being to just connect the first group I see, rather than looking for the most likely to be a purple. I can’t imagine being that tactical with Connections.
In truth, this felt like a game where any of the groups could have been yellow on any other day, although all of the groups did contain things that have largely disappeared.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, July 20, 2026, game #1135)
- YELLOW: ANNOUNCE: BLARE, HERALD, SOUND, TRUMPET
- GREEN: THINGS TO CLICK: BUTTON, ICON, LINK, MENU
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH PEARLS: BUBBLE TEA, OYSTER, SWINE, WISDOM
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: ALEXA, MEADOW, PORTOBELLO, SAKES
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.
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