RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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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 28 (game #1143) .
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 #1144) - today's words
(Image credit: New York Times)
Today's NYT Connections words are…
CORK
PEARL
BASIC
STAPLE
MID
WORD
CHALK
WHITE
BLACK
VANILLA
GEM
NAIL
RIVET
NUGGET
SCREW
PLAIN
NYT Connections today (game #1144) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Attach to a wall with these
GREEN: Same old, same old
BLUE: Deliverance of insight
PURPLE: Teachers use these
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 #1144) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: FASTENERS
GREEN: NONDESCRIPT
BLUE: UNITS OF WISDOM
PURPLE: ____BOARDS IN A CLASSROOM
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1144) - the answers
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The answers to today's Connections, game #1144, are…
YELLOW: FASTENERS: NAIL, RIVET, SCREW, STAPLE
GREEN: NONDESCRIPT: BASIC, MID, PLAIN, VANILLA
BLUE: UNITS OF WISDOM: GEM, NUGGET, PEARL, WORD
PURPLE: ____BOARDS IN A CLASSROOM: BLACK, CHALK, CORK, WHITE
My rating: Hard
My score: 3 mistakes
I made hard work of a relatively simple, trap-free game.
My first two errors came in collecting the group of NONDESCRIPT words first, including STAPLE instead of MID — which is understandable, as STAPLE describes something regular and average, and then WHITE which is not understandable, although whiteness does imply boring, which is where I think my brain went.
Sadly, my errors didn’t end there as I initially thought UNITS OF WISDOM was a collection of valuable things, so after connecting GEM, NUGGET and PEARL I added CORK as it is a fairly expensive material.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, July 28, 2026, game #1143)
YELLOW: COMMAND: CAPTAIN, DIRECT, HEAD, LEAD
GREEN: HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES: EMPIRE, FUJI, GALA, HONEYCRISP
BLUE: SHOE BRANDS STARTING WITH "C": CAMPER, CLARKS, CONVERSE, CROCS
PURPLE: STARTING WITH PALINDROMIC NAMES: ANNAPOLIS, BOBSLED, EVEREST, OTTOMAN
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.
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