If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1126 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 Cannon and Stilts look like an obvious match for a construction or performance theme, but committing to that group early will cost you lives. We recommend looking closely at the less obvious connections first, separating common associations from the actual shared rule 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): Words that relate to equipment used in big top performances
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): These words all describe something that is still and not choppy
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): You might find these characters in the popular animated movie series about a cowboy and space ranger
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): These words all share a connection where double letters appear in the same spot as their position in the alphabet
Stuck on one word? If you have Aadvark, try looking at its spelling rather than its meaning. It might belong to the trickier Purple group today!
NYT Connections Answers Today: Saturday July 11, 2026
⚠️Spoiler Warning: Beyond this point lies the full solution for Puzzle #1126. 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: Circus Equipment
- Cannon
- Stilts
- Trapeze
- Unicycle
🟩 Green Group: Undisturbed, As Water
- Calm
- Flat
- Glassy
- Still
🟦 Blue Group: Toy Story Characters
- Bo Peep
- Jessie
- Slinky
- Woody
🟪 Purple Group: Double Letters Appearing In That Letter’s Alphabetical Position
- Aadvark
- Bocce
- Ebbing
- Twiddle
Previous answer
NYT Connections Answer for July 10, 2026 (Puzzle #1125): Smartphone Settings / Dessert Menu Descriptors / ’80s Synth-Pop Bands / Starting With Baseball Calls
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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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