If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1133 features some clever misdirection, with several words seeming to fit into general sports or belief themes before you spot the exact 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 overlapping themes today. At first glance, words like Travel and Goaltend look like a simple sports grouping, but they belong to a more specific category instead. We recommend testing the most obvious connections first and then checking how the remaining words pair up with common phrases or specific uses.
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): Actions that break rules during a basketball game
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Terms that refer to what you accept as true or think about something
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Stats or values you keep track of while playing video games
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Words that come right after the word Pop to make a new term or phrase
Stuck on one word? If you have Quiz or Tart, try pairing them with the word Pop in your mind to see which one fits naturally. It might belong to the trickier Purple group today!
NYT Connections Answers Today: Saturday July 18, 2026
⚠️Spoiler Warning: Beyond this point lies the full solution for Puzzle #1133. 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: Commit A Basketball Violation
- Carry
- Double Dribble
- Goaltend
- Travel
🟩 Green Group: Belief
- Attitude
- Mind
- Opinion
- View
🟦 Blue Group: Things Tracked In Video Games
- Health
- Lives
- Score
- Time
🟪 Purple Group: Words After “Pop”
- Culture
- Fly
- Quiz
- Tart
Previous Answer
NYT Connections Answer for July 17, 2026 (Puzzle #1132): Grand Finale / Seen In An Arcade / Four Groups Of Four / Ending In Parts Of A Car
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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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