If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your allowed mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1132 features some clever misdirection, with several terms seeming to fit into unrelated topics before revealing their true links.
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 Last Dance and Tree Trunk look like an obvious match for nature or performance themes, but committing to that group early will cost you lives. We recommend looking closely at how words can form longer phrases, separating literal meanings from combined terms will make the remaining 12 words significantly easier to manage.
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): Phrases that refer to a final performance or concluding event
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Items you would typically find or use when visiting an arcade
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Broad sets that are traditionally divided into exactly four parts
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Each phrase ends with a word that names a specific part of a vehicle
Stuck on one word? If you have Robin Hood, try thinking of it as a full phrase rather than a character name. It might belong to the trickier Purple group today!
NYT Connections Answers Today: Friday July 17, 2026
⚠️Spoiler Warning: Beyond this point lies the full solution for Puzzle #1132. 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: Grand Finale
- Epilogue
- Farewell
- Last Dance
- Swan Song
🟩 Green Group: Seen In An Arcade
- Crane Game
- Pinball
- Tickets
- Tokens
🟦 Blue Group: Four Groups Of Four
- Cardinal Directions
- Classical Elements
- Seasons
- Suits
🟪 Purple Group: Ending In Parts Of A Car
- Plot Spoiler
- Robin Hood
- Satires
- Tree Trunk
Previous Answer
NYT Connections Answer for July 16, 2026 (Puzzle #1131): Skincare Products / Shades of Black / Associated With Precision / Starting With Tiny Marks
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Join the Discussion
Did today’s puzzle give you a perfect “Reverse Rainbow” by solving Purple to Yellow first, or did the red herrings wipe out your board?
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