NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Saturday, July 11, 2026 (#1126)
Puzzle #1126. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.
Just tell me the answer
The NYT Connections answer for Saturday, July 11, 2026 (puzzle #1126) is: 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.
Today's 16 words
The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Saturday, July 11, 2026. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.
STILL
STILTS
SLINKY
AARDVARK
WOODY
GLASSY
CANNON
BOCCE
EBBING
BO PEEP
FLAT
UNICYCLE
CALM
JESSIE
TRAPEZE
TWIDDLE
How hard is Connections #1126?
Easy35/100
• At least one entry is a phrase rather than a single word.
Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.
Connections hints for Saturday, July 11, 2026
Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.
yellow(the most straightforward group — start here) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about equipment.
green(a little trickier, but still direct) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about water.
blue(where the misdirection usually starts) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about characters.
purple(the wordplay group, and almost always the last to fall) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about position.
yellow4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
green4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
blue4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
purple4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
yellowOne member is
greenOne member is
blueOne member is
purpleOne member is
yellow
green
blue
purple
NYT Connections answers for Saturday, July 11, 2026
yellow — Easiest
CIRCUS EQUIPMENT
CANNON · STILTS · TRAPEZE · UNICYCLE
green — Easy
UNDISTURBED, AS WATER
CALM · FLAT · GLASSY · STILL
blue — Tricky
"TOY STORY" CHARACTERS
BO PEEP · JESSIE · SLINKY · WOODY
purple — Trickiest
DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL POSITION
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Common questions
What is the NYT Connections answer for Saturday, July 11, 2026?
The NYT Connections answer for Saturday, July 11, 2026 (puzzle #1126) is: 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 the purple group in Connections #1126?
The purple (hardest) group is "DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL POSITION": AARDVARK, BOCCE, EBBING, TWIDDLE.
What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?
The yellow group is the most straightforward: "CIRCUS EQUIPMENT" — CANNON, STILTS, TRAPEZE, UNICYCLE. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.
What number is today's Connections puzzle?
Saturday, July 11, 2026 is NYT Connections puzzle #1126. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.
What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?
A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.