What is the NYT Connections answer for July 7 (#1122)?

The four groups are ROOMS IN CLUE (CONSERVATORY, HALL, KITCHEN, STUDY); STUDENT-ATHLETE DESIGNATIONS (ALL-AMERICAN, JOCK, LETTERMAN, TEAM CAPTAIN); ___ TWIST (FRENCH, LEMON, OLIVER, PLOT); ENDING IN "SESAME STREET" CHARACTERS (BERNIE, COLBERT, DISCOUNT, SAN ANSELMO).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "ENDING IN "SESAME STREET" CHARACTERS" — is the trickiest, as it usually relies on wordplay or a hidden connection rather than a straightforward category.

What do the Connections colors mean?

Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest — often involving wordplay or a hidden twist.

Tuesday, July 7, 2026#1122

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Tuesday, July 7

DailyWordHints Editorial July 7

ROOMS IN CLUE

Easiest

STUDENT-ATHLETE DESIGNATIONS

Easy

___ TWIST

Tricky

ENDING IN "SESAME STREET" CHARACTERS

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are ROOMS IN CLUE (yellow), STUDENT-ATHLETE DESIGNATIONS (green), ___ TWIST (blue), ENDING IN "SESAME STREET" CHARACTERS (purple).

PLOT

DISCOUNT

JOCK

COLBERT

LETTERMAN

FRENCH

LEMON

KITCHEN

BERNIE

HALL

OLIVER

TEAM CAPTAIN

STUDY

SAN ANSELMO

ALL-AMERICAN

CONSERVATORY

Hints by group

yellowEasiest

greenEasy

blueTricky

purpleHardest

Full answers below

Today’s answers

yellowEasiest

greenEasy

blueTricky

purpleHardest

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Today's Connections hints (no answers yet)

Here are spoiler-free nudges for NYT Connections #1122, Tuesday, July 7. Reveal one color at a time and work from the easiest group (yellow) to the trickiest (purple).

How to use these hints

Each clue is written so it never names any of the sixteen words — it just points you in the right direction. Open the full answer only once you're truly stuck.

Strategy for solving today's grid

Lock in the group you're most confident about first to shrink the board, but resist the obvious four-of-a-kind — the puzzle almost always plants a word that fits two themes. Save the purple group for last; it usually hides the wordplay twist.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for July 7 (#1122)?: The four groups are ROOMS IN CLUE (CONSERVATORY, HALL, KITCHEN, STUDY); STUDENT-ATHLETE DESIGNATIONS (ALL-AMERICAN, JOCK, LETTERMAN, TEAM CAPTAIN); ___ TWIST (FRENCH, LEMON, OLIVER, PLOT); ENDING IN "SESAME STREET" CHARACTERS (BERNIE, COLBERT, DISCOUNT, SAN ANSELMO).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "ENDING IN "SESAME STREET" CHARACTERS" — is the trickiest, as it usually relies on wordplay or a hidden connection rather than a straightforward category.
What do the Connections colors mean?: Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest — often involving wordplay or a hidden twist.