NYT Connections July 17 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1132
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
CRANE GAME SATIRES TICKETS CARDINAL DIRECTIONS SWAN SONG SUITS ROBIN HOOD PLOT SPOILER TREE TRUNK TOKENS SEASONS EPILOGUE LAST DANCE CLASSICAL ELEMENTS FAREWELL PINBALL
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — GRAND FINALE
Green — SEEN IN AN ARCADE
Blue — FOUR GROUPS OF FOUR
Purple — ENDING IN PARTS OF A CAR
GRAND FINALEEPILOGUE, FAREWELL, LAST DANCE, SWAN SONG
SEEN IN AN ARCADECRANE GAME, PINBALL, TICKETS, TOKENS
FOUR GROUPS OF FOURCARDINAL DIRECTIONS, CLASSICAL ELEMENTS, SEASONS, SUITS
ENDING IN PARTS OF A CARPLOT SPOILER, ROBIN HOOD, SATIRES, TREE TRUNK
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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.