If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1141 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 Discman and DVD Player look like an obvious match for a general electronics theme, but committing to that group too broadly will cost you lives.
We recommend looking closely at the era of each item first. Separating older, outmoded tech from general 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): Key developmental steps babies reach early in life.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Devices and formats that have been replaced by newer technology.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Creative or descriptive ways to describe falling rain.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Each entry shares a meaning or association with the word “shell”.
Stuck on one word? If you have Gas Station, try looking at it as a colloquial term rather than just a place to buy fuel. It might belong to the trickier Purple group today!
NYT Connections Answers Today: Sunday July 26, 2026
⚠️Spoiler Warning: Beyond this point lies the full solution for Puzzle #1141. 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: Baby Milestones
- Crawling
- First Words
- Rolling Over
- Solid Food
🟩 Green Group: Outmoded Consumer Tech
- Blackberry
- Discman
- DVD Player
- Plasma TV
🟦 Blue Group: Expressions For Rain
- April Showers
- Liquid Sunshine
- Scotch Mist
- Wet Weather
🟪 Purple Group: What “Shell” Might Refer To
- Carapace
- Gas Station
- Pastry Crust
- Rowing Boat
Previous Answer
NYT Connections Answer for July 25, 2026 (Puzzle #1140): Spanish Relatives, Start To Cry With “Up”, African Currencies, Strip __
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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?
Share your results grid or vent about today’s trickiest crossover words in the comments below!
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