If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1138 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 Baseball and Orange look like an obvious match for a food or sports theme, but committing to that group early will cost you lives. We recommend looking closely at the verbs first, separating the action words from the nouns 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): Words that relate to round objects.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): These items describe a state of nervous or worried tension.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): You might find these elements in and around an airport area.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): These words all share a connection when you look at their final syllable or sound.
Stuck on one word? If you have Jangle, try looking at it phonetically rather than by its literal definition. It might belong to the trickier Purple group today!
NYT Connections Answers Today: Thursday July 23, 2026
⚠️Spoiler Warning: Beyond this point lies the full solution for Puzzle #1138. 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: Spherical Things
- Baseball
- Globe
- Marble
- Orange
🟩 Green Group: In An Anxious State
- Excited
- Febrile
- Frenetic
- Intense
🟦 Blue Group: Parts Of An Airport
- Apron
- Hangar
- Runway
- Terminal
🟪 Purple Group: Ending In Geometry Terms
- Appoint
- Deplane
- Feline
- Jangle
Previous Answer
NYT Connections Answer for July 22, 2026 (Puzzle #1137): Symptoms Of An Allergic Reaction, On A Golf Scorecard, Platform-Specific Posts, Features Of A Zebra
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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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