NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Tuesday, July 21, 2026 (#1136)

Puzzle #1136. 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 Tuesday, July 21, 2026 (puzzle #1136) is: YELLOW — KINDS OF TOPS: CROP, HALTER, TANK, TUBE. GREEN — SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS: APP, DRIVER, EXTENSION, PLUGIN. BLUE — ELEMENTS OF A MUSICAL: BOOK, LYRICS, MUSIC, ORCHESTRATION. PURPLE — TELE___: GRAM, KINESIS, PROMPTER, VISION.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

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

How hard is Connections #1136?

Medium52/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.
  • Lots of very short words, which carry more possible meanings.

Where to start: Look for the four words that combine with "Tele" — locking that group down removes four red herrings from the rest of the grid.

Connections hints for Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Tuesday, July 21, 2026

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, July 21, 2026?

The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, July 21, 2026 (puzzle #1136) is: YELLOW — KINDS OF TOPS: CROP, HALTER, TANK, TUBE. GREEN — SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS: APP, DRIVER, EXTENSION, PLUGIN. BLUE — ELEMENTS OF A MUSICAL: BOOK, LYRICS, MUSIC, ORCHESTRATION. PURPLE — TELE___: GRAM, KINESIS, PROMPTER, VISION.

What is the purple group in Connections #1136?

The purple (hardest) group is "TELE___": GRAM, KINESIS, PROMPTER, VISION.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "KINDS OF TOPS" — CROP, HALTER, TANK, TUBE. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 is NYT Connections puzzle #1136. 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.