If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1139 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 Home Run and Single look like an obvious match for a general sports theme, but committing to that group too broadly early will cost you lives. We recommend looking closely at the verbs first, separating the action words from the nouns and specific 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): Words that describe speaking continuously or at length.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): These are specific results a batter can achieve during a turn at the plate.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): These words mean to revive an idea or bring something back to mind.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): These words sound exactly like titles or roles in religion, but are spelled differently.
Stuck on one word? If you have Canter, try looking at it phonetically rather than by its literal definition (a way of riding a horse). It might belong to the trickier Purple group today!
NYT Connections Answers Today: Friday July 24, 2026
⚠️Spoiler Warning: Beyond this point lies the full solution for Puzzle #1139. 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: Talk At Length
- Babble
- Drone
- Ramble
- Yak
🟩 Green Group: Outcomes For A Batter
- Home Run
- Single
- Strikeout
- Walk
🟦 Blue Group: Bring To Mind, As A Memory
- Jog
- Prompt
- Refresh
- Spark
🟪 Purple Group: Homophones Of Religious Roles
- Canter
- Fryer
- Llama
- None
Previous Answer
NYT Connections Answer for July 23, 2026 (Puzzle #1138): Spherical Things, In An Anxious State, Parts Of An Airport, Ending In Geometry Terms
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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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