Today’s Connection grid seems like an easy solve on the surface, but the closer you look at it, the more confusing it gets. To help you in your quest to get the win, we’ve prepared some general hints to nudge you in the right direction. If that doesn’t help, we’ll give you one word from each group, followed by the list of themes. Finally, you can have the answers and their explanations. So, without further ado, here are all the hints, clues, and answers to today’s NYT Connections (#1,333, July 18, 2026).
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What is Connections?
After Wordle, Connections is the New York Times’ most popular word game. The rules are simple. You need to find words with a common theme and group them into 4 groups of 4. The 16-word grid is designed with an increasing level of difficulty. The Yellow group is the easiest to spot, followed by Green, Blue, and Purple. The misdirects and red herrings can trip you up, but they also make the puzzle more fun. You can play Connections in the NYT Games app or on the NYT website.
Here’s your grid for today
- TRAVEL
- FLY
- QUIZ
- SCORE
- OPINION
- CARRY
- HEALTH
- TART
- CULTURE
- MIND
- TIME
- GOALTEND
- VIEW
- LIVES
- DOUBLE DRIBBLE
- ATTITUDE
Hints for NYT Connections (#1,133) July 18, 2026
Let’s get you started with some general, spoiler-free hints.
- 🟡Yellow Group: Non-physical infractions in a sport that’s played on a court.
- 🟢Green Group: Perspective or standpoint.
- 🔵Blue Group: You keep an eye on these things while playing a video game.
- 🟣Purple Group: Preceded by a word most famously associated with a music genre.
One Word Per Category (Contains Spoilers)
Can’t seem to find an in? We’ll give you one word from each category.
- 🟡Yellow Group: Carry.
- 🟢Green Group: Attitude.
- 🔵Blue Group: Health.
- 🟣Purple Group: Culture.
List of Themes (Major Spoilers)
Maybe getting to know the common themes linking the words together will help you spot them faster. Here are all the categories for today.
- 🟡Yellow Group: Commit A Basketball Violation.
- 🟢Green Group: Belief.
- 🔵Blue Group: Things Tracked In Video Games.
- 🟣Purple Group: Words After ‘Pop’.
Answers to NYT Connections (#1,133) Today (July 18, 2026)
Close to waving the white flag? Fine, we’ll give you the answers.
- 🟡Yellow Group: Carry, Double Dribble, Goaltend, Travel. (Commit A Basketball Violation)
Unlike a foul, these infractions in basketball don’t require physical contact with another player.
- 🟢Green Group: Attitude, Mind, Opinion, View. (Belief)
Today’s Green category was perhaps easier than the Yellow group. The words in this group are used to describe having a viewpoint or perspective on a certain issue or topic.
- 🔵Blue Group: Health, Lives, Score, Time. (Things Tracked In Video Games)
These are the core metrics that are tracked by most video games.
- 🟣Purple Group: Culture, Fly, Quiz, Tart. (Words After ‘Pop’)
Pop culture (mainstream trends), Pop fly (a ball that’s hit very high in the air, but not too far), Pop quiz (impromptu quiz), Pop tart (pastry).
Answers to yesterday’s puzzle (#1,132, July 17, 2026)
- 🟡Yellow Group: Epilogue, Farewell, Last Dance, Swan Song. (Grand Finale)
- 🟢Green Group: Crane Game, Pinball, Tickets, Tokens. (Seen In An Arcade)
- 🔵Blue Group: Cardinal Directions, Classical Elements, Seasons, Suits. (Four Groups Of Four)
- 🟣Purple Group: Plot Spoiler, Robin Hood, Satires, Tree Trunk. (Ending In Parts Of A Car)
Answers to NYT Connections #1,131 (July 16, 2026)
- 🟡Yellow Group: Clay Mask, Eye Cream, Peel, Toner. (Skincare Products)
- 🟢Green Group: Charcoal, Ink, Jet, Pitch. (Shades Of Black)
- 🔵Blue Group: Bullseye, Clockwork, Laser, Needle. (Associated With Precision)
- 🟣Purple Group: Dot Matrix, Period Piece, Point Break, Spot Remover. (Starting With Tiny Marks)
Answers to NYT Connections #1,130 (July 15, 2026)
- 🟡Yellow Group: Bar, Bench, Court, Tribunal. (Terms For The Legal System)
- 🟢Green Group: Baseball Glove, Corset, Football, Shoe. (Things With Laces)
- 🔵Blue Group: Extreme, Motor, Racket, Water. (Kinds Of Sports)
- 🟣Purple Group: Breathing, Elbow, Head, Wiggle. (Words Before ‘Room” To Indicate Extra Space)
How did other solvers do today?
NYT’s early testers rated today’s Connection puzzle 1.8 out of 5. This puts it in the easy difficulty level. Let us know how you fared in the comments!
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