NYT Connections #1,129 Cheat Sheet With Hints, Clues, & Answers To Get You Through Today’s Puzzle (July 14, 2026)

Done with your morning coffee but not today’s Connections puzzle? Don’t worry, we’re here to help. First, we’ll give you some spoiler-free hints to help you arrive at the answers on your own. Next, we’ll reveal one from each category, followed by the list of themes. Finally, you can have the answers and their explanation. Here are all the hints, clues, and answers to today’s NYT Connections (#1,129, July 14, 2026).

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What is Connections?

Connections is one of the most popular word games from The New York Times, only trailing behind Wordle. The rules of the game are simple. You are presented with a 16-word grid where you’re supposed to find the entries that share something in common. There are a total of 4 groups, each consisting of 4 letters, that you must find. The Yellow group is the easiest to spot, followed by Green, Blue, and Purple. Sometimes, there are a couple of red herrings to throw you off and make the puzzle more interesting. You can play Connections in the NYT Games app or on the NYT website.

Here’s your grid for today

• U-TURN
• PICNIC
• CUT
• SHUFFLE
• LAUNDRY
• RECYCLING
• DEAL
• COPY
• BARGAIN
• GROCERY
• UNDERSTANDING
• THIS SIDE UP
• PASTE
• AGREEMENT
• EASTER
• DELETE

Hints for NYT Connections (#1,129) July 14, 2026

Let’s get you started with some general, spoiler-free hints.

• 🟡Yellow Group: Pact.
• 🟢Green Group: Things you do to text in MS Word.
• 🔵Blue Group: Container for different occasions.
• 🟣Purple Group: Represented by a common symbol in different forms.

One Word Per Category (Contains Spoilers)

Can’t seem to find an in? We’ll give you one word from each category.

• 🟡Yellow Group: Agreement.
• 🟢Green Group: Copy.
• 🔵Blue Group: Easter.
• 🟣Purple Group: Recycling.

List of Themes (Major Spoilers)

Maybe getting to know the common themes among the words will help you spot them faster. Here are all the categories for today.

• 🟡Yellow Group: Contract.
• 🟢Green Group: Edit Menu Options.
• 🔵Blue Group: Kinds Of Baskets.
• 🟣Purple Group: Symbolised With Arrows.

Answers to NYT Connections (#1,129) Today (July 14, 2026)

Close to waving the white flag? Fine, we’ll give you the answers.

• 🟡Yellow Group: Agreement, Bargain, Deal, Understanding. (Contract)

Today’s Yellow group was pretty straightforward, apart from ‘Deal’, which was a Poker red herring.

• 🟢Green Group: Copy, Cut, Delete, Paste. (Edit Menu Options)

These are the editing options you can find in any text editor. ‘Cut’ was a part of the Poker misdirect.

• 🔵Blue Group: Easter, Grocery, Laundry, Picnic. (Kinds Of Baskets)

A basket is a core component of all of these occasions.

• 🟣Purple Group: Recycling, Shuffle, This Side Up, U-Turn. (Symbolised With Arrows)

Recycling♻️, Shuffle (part of the Poker red herring) – 🔀, This Side Up – ⬆️, U-Turn – ↩️(inverted).

Answers to yesterday’s puzzle (#1,128, July 13, 2026)

• 🟡Yellow Group: Examine, Grill, Pump, Question. (Interrogate)
• 🟢Green Group: Bucket, Drawer, Mug, Umbrella. (Things With Handles)
• 🔵Blue Group: Figaro, Puss, Salem, Tom. (Fictional Cats)
• 🟣Purple Group: Bussin, Kisser, Peckish, Smackdown. (Starting With Smooches)

Answers to NYT Connections #1,127 (July 12, 2026)

• 🟡Yellow Group: Pip, Pit, Seed, Stone. (Reproductive Part Of Fruit)
• 🟢Green Group: Dot, Nerd, Runt, Spree. (Bit Of Fruit-Flavoured Candy)
• 🔵Blue Group: Party, Repeat, Sleep, Study. (Verbs In A College Life Slogan)
• 🟣Purple Group: Den, Mad, Pho, Sac. (Starts Of U.S. Capitals)

Answers to NYT Connections #1,126 (July 11, 2026)

• 🟡Yellow Group: Cannon, Stilts, Trapeze, Unicycle. (Circus Equipment)
• 🟢Green Group: Calm, Flat, Glassy, Still. (Undisturbed, As Water)
• 🔵Blue Group: Bo Peep, Jessie, Slinky, Woody. (Toy Story Characters)
• 🟣Purple Group: Aardvark, Bocce, Ebbing, Twiddle. (Double Letters Appearing In That Letter’s Alphabetical Position)

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How did other solvers do today?

NYT’s early testers rated today’s Connection puzzle 2.3 out of 5. This puts it in the hard difficulty level. Let us know how you fared in the comments!