NYT Connections July 11 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1126
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
STILL STILTS SLINKY AARDVARK WOODY GLASSY CANNON BOCCE EBBING BO PEEP FLAT UNICYCLE CALM JESSIE TRAPEZE TWIDDLE
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — CIRCUS EQUIPMENT
Green — UNDISTURBED, AS WATER
Blue — "TOY STORY" CHARACTERS
Purple — DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL POSITION
CIRCUS EQUIPMENTCANNON, STILTS, TRAPEZE, UNICYCLE
UNDISTURBED, AS WATERCALM, FLAT, GLASSY, STILL
"TOY STORY" CHARACTERSBO PEEP, JESSIE, SLINKY, WOODY
DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL POSITIONAARDVARK, BOCCE, EBBING, TWIDDLE
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.