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NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Friday, July 24, 2026 (#1139)

Puzzle #1139. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

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The NYT Connections answer for Friday, July 24, 2026 (puzzle #1139) is: YELLOW — TALK AT LENGTH: BABBLE, DRONE, RAMBLE, YAK. GREEN — OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER: HOME RUN, SINGLE, STRIKEOUT, WALK. BLUE — BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY: JOG, PROMPT, REFRESH, SPARK. PURPLE — HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES: CANTER, FRYER, LLAMA, NONE.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Friday, July 24, 2026. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

SPARK
CANTER
LLAMA
JOG
WALK
YAK
SINGLE
NONE
RAMBLE
PROMPT
FRYER
DRONE
REFRESH
STRIKEOUT
BABBLE
HOME RUN

How hard is Connections #1139?

Medium47/100
  • • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.
  • • 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 Friday, July 24, 2026

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

NYT Connections answers for Friday, July 24, 2026

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Friday, July 24, 2026?

The NYT Connections answer for Friday, July 24, 2026 (puzzle #1139) is: YELLOW — TALK AT LENGTH: BABBLE, DRONE, RAMBLE, YAK. GREEN — OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER: HOME RUN, SINGLE, STRIKEOUT, WALK. BLUE — BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY: JOG, PROMPT, REFRESH, SPARK. PURPLE — HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES: CANTER, FRYER, LLAMA, NONE.

What is the purple group in Connections #1139?

The purple (hardest) group is "HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES": CANTER, FRYER, LLAMA, NONE.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "TALK AT LENGTH" — BABBLE, DRONE, RAMBLE, YAK. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Friday, July 24, 2026 is NYT Connections puzzle #1139. 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.