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NYT Connections July 21 2026 Answers

Puzzle #1136

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

MUSIC GRAM DRIVER VISION TUBE CROP BOOK APP ORCHESTRATION EXTENSION TANK KINESIS PROMPTER HALTER LYRICS PLUGIN

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — KINDS OF TOPS
Green — SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS
Blue — ELEMENTS OF A MUSICAL
Purple — TELE___
KINDS OF TOPSCROP, HALTER, TANK, TUBE
SOFTWARE DOWNLOADSAPP, DRIVER, EXTENSION, PLUGIN
ELEMENTS OF A MUSICALBOOK, LYRICS, MUSIC, ORCHESTRATION
TELE___GRAM, KINESIS, PROMPTER, VISION
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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.