NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, July 12 (game #1127)

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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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, July 11 (game #1126).

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 #1127) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

PARTY

NERD

MAD

STONE

DOT

DEN

PIP

STUDY

PHO

SPREE

SLEEP

PIT

RUNT

SAC

SEED

REPEAT

NYT Connections today (game #1127) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: Vital part of plants

GREEN: Singular confections

BLUE: Campus motto

PURPLE: City syllables

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…

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NYT Connections today (game #1127) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: REPRODUCTIVE PART OF FRUIT

GREEN: BIT OF FRUIT FLAVORED CANDY

BLUE: VERBS IN A COLLEGE LIFE SLOGAN

PURPLE: STARTS OF U.S. CAPITALS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1127) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #1127, are…

YELLOW: REPRODUCTIVE PART OF FRUIT: PIP, PIT, SEED, STONE

GREEN: BIT OF FRUIT FLAVORED CANDY: DOT, NERD, RUNT, SPREE

BLUE: VERBS IN A COLLEGE LIFE SLOGAN: PARTY, REPEAT, SLEEP, STUDY

PURPLE: STARTS OF U.S. CAPITALS: DEN, MAD, PHO, SAC

My rating: Hard

My score: 2 mistakes

For anyone based outside of the US, like me in the UK, this game had an added layer of difficulty thanks to Connections’ fondness for candy brands and state capitals.

By now, of course, I should be fully aware of the many varieties of candies — some of which admittedly have travelled beyond the US to cause dental issues around the world — but compressed dextrose delight SPREE is not one I have heard of.

Somehow, though, I floundered my way through with just two mistakes.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, July 11, 2026, game #1126)

YELLOW: CIRCUS EQUIPMENT: CANNON, STILTS, TRAPEZE, UNICYCLE

GREEN: UNDISTURBED, AS WATER: CALM, FLAT, GLASSY, STILL

BLUE: "TOY STORY" CHARACTERS: BO PEEP, JESSIE, SLINKY, WOODY

PURPLE: DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL:

POSITION AARDVARK, BOCCE, EBBING, TWIDDLE

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.

Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.