NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for July 31, 2026

Mashable Team· Jul 31, 2026 · 2:00 AM UTC ·3 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 3 views

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NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for July 31, 2026

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Mashable published a guide for the July 31, 2026 New York Times Connections puzzle, offering clues, tips, and a link to the solution. The article explains the daily word game’s format, its popularity, and provides a video tutorial on how to play and win. Readers can choose to solve the puzzle themselves or scroll to the end for the complete answer.

Key facts

▪The piece supplies hints and strategies for today’s Connections puzzle, identified as #1146.
▪Connections resets each midnight, with each new set of words becoming progressively more challenging.
▪The game’s development is credited to NYT associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu.
▪A video tutorial is embedded to demonstrate how to play and improve performance.
▪The article invites readers to view the full solution at the bottom if they prefer not to solve it themselves.

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3 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 6 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.

Centre · 2

▪ Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 31, #1868 — CNET — News
▪ Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for July 31, #1146 — CNET

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Original publisher	Mashable
Canonical URL	https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-hint-answer-today-july-31-2026
Publication time	Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0000
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Home > Entertainment > Games NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for July 31, 2026 Everything you need to solve 'Connections' #1146. By Mashable Team on July 30, 2026 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Flipboard window.videoEmbeds = window.videoEmbeds || []; window.videoEmbeds.push({ elemId: "video-container-066Nhd2sCv2Pj2aaH0EWw61", alternativeContainerId: 'stickyVideoContainer', data: {"url":"https:\/\/cdn.ex.co\/transformations\/production\/8dd80bb6-c9e0-41b8-952f-f5dad7c684be\/master.m3u8","slug":"066Nhd2sCv2Pj2aaH0EWw61","type":"","title":"Connections: How to play and how to…

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