NYT Connections July 3 2026 Answers
Puzzle #1118
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
HOT DRINK RUNAROUND FELICITY SHIRT WARM FUZZIES GOSSIP COOL BEANS DIRTY LOOK COLD SHOULDER HAPPINESS RIGHT ON HARD TIME FAR OUT GOLF ACCESSORY BLISS GROOVY
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — POSITIVE FEELINGS
Green — RETRO EXPRESSIONS OF APPROVAL
Blue — BAD THINGS TO GIVE SOMEONE
Purple — WHAT THINGS PRONOUNCED "T" MIGHT REFER TO
POSITIVE FEELINGSBLISS, FELICITY, HAPPINESS, WARM FUZZIES
RETRO EXPRESSIONS OF APPROVALCOOL BEANS, FAR OUT, GROOVY, RIGHT ON
BAD THINGS TO GIVE SOMEONECOLD SHOULDER, DIRTY LOOK, HARD TIME, RUNAROUND
WHAT THINGS PRONOUNCED "T" MIGHT REFER TOGOLF ACCESSORY, GOSSIP, HOT DRINK, SHIRT
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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.