If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1125 features some heavy misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into a medical or sports theme before pulling the rug out from under you.
Below are strategic, spoiler-free hints to help you group today’s words on your own, followed by the exact categories and answers at the bottom of the page.
Today’s Connections Strategy & Commentary
Watch out for the red herrings today. At first glance, words like Mode and Safe look like an obvious match for a technology theme, but committing to that group early will cost you lives. We recommend looking closely at full phrases and word origins first, separating common terms from their specific connections will make the remaining 12 words significantly easier to manage.
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Connections Hints Today: Category Clues
If you just need a nudge to get your brain moving in the right direction, here are clues for the four color-coded groups:
- 🟨 Yellow Group Hint (Easiest): Features you can turn on or off on your mobile device
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Phrases used to describe desserts on a menu
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Names of popular bands from the 1980s synth-pop genre
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Each one starts with a term used in baseball
Stuck on one word? If you have Mode, try looking at it as part of a longer phrase rather than its usual meaning. It might belong to the trickier Purple group today!
NYT Connections Answers Today: Friday July 10, 2026
⚠️Spoiler Warning: Beyond this point lies the full solution for Puzzle #1125. If you still want to solve the grid yourself using the clues above, do not scroll down.
Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:
🟨 Yellow Group: Smartphone Settings
- Airplane Mode
- Do Not Disturb
- Hotspot
- Location Services
🟩 Green Group: Dessert Menu Descriptors
- Decadent
- Fresh-Baked
- Molten
- A La Mode
🟦 Blue Group: ’80s Synth-Pop Bands
- Depeche Mode
- Erasure
- New Order
- Pet Shop Boys
🟪 Purple Group: Starting With Baseball Calls
- Ball Gown
- Outkast
- Safe Mode
- Strike A Pose
Previous answer
NYT Connections Answer for July 9, 2026 (Puzzle #1124): Non-Alcoholic Designations / Music Publications / Kinds Of Rugs / Pontiac Models
Join the Discussion
Did today’s puzzle give you a perfect “Reverse Rainbow” solving Purple to Yellow, or did the red herrings wipe out your board?
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