A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, July 21 (game #1136).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #1137) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- WHITE STRIPES
- HOLE
- PINS
- STROKES
- HIVES
- HOOVES
- VINES
- SCORE
- SNAPS
- RASH
- MANE
- TWEETS
- PAR
- REDNESS
- TAIL
- ITCHING
NYT Connections today (game #1137) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Involuntary biological response
- GREEN: Marks for completing 18
- BLUE: Social media messages
- PURPLE: Like a striped horse
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #1137) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION
- GREEN: ON A GOLF SCORECARD
- BLUE: PLATFORM-SPECIFIC POSTS
- PURPLE: FEATURES OF A ZEBRA
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1137) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1137, are…
- YELLOW: SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION: HIVES, ITCHING, RASH, REDNESS
- GREEN: ON A GOLF SCORECARD: HOLE, PAR, SCORE, STROKES
- BLUE: PLATFORM-SPECIFIC POSTS: PINS, SNAPS, TWEETS, VINES
- PURPLE: FEATURES OF A ZEBRA: HOOVES, MANE, TAIL, WHITE STRIPES
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
WHITE STRIPES, STROKES, and HIVES are all alt-rock bands from the same era, but being unable to find a fourth, I added HOLE — whose main period of activity was a decade earlier. I really should have known this was a trap, but I just couldn’t help myself.
Pulling myself together I saw that HIVES instead belonged to a group made up of SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION, but it took getting HOOVES, MANE and TAIL before I saw where WHITE STRIPES fitted into a world beyond music.
With eight tiles left, PINS caused me some dilemma as it belonged both in the world of social media (Pinterest, to be precise) and golf. Fortunately, I chose to link it with VINES, TWEETS, and SNAPS instead of ON A GOLF SCORECARD.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, July 21, 2026, game #1136)
- YELLOW: KINDS OF TOPS: CROP, HALTER, TANK, TUBE
- GREEN: SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS: APP, DRIVER, EXTENSION, PLUGIN
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF A MUSICAL: BOOK, LYRICS, MUSIC, ORCHESTRATION
- PURPLE: TELE____: GRAM, KINESIS, PROMPTER, VISION
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
