What is the NYT Connections answer for July 11 (#1126)?

The four groups are CIRCUS EQUIPMENT (CANNON, STILTS, TRAPEZE, UNICYCLE); UNDISTURBED, AS WATER (CALM, FLAT, GLASSY, STILL); "TOY STORY" CHARACTERS (BO PEEP, JESSIE, SLINKY, WOODY); DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL POSITION (AARDVARK, BOCCE, EBBING, TWIDDLE).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL POSITION" — 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.

Saturday, July 11, 2026#1126

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Saturday, July 11

DailyWordHints Editorial July 11

CIRCUS EQUIPMENT

Easiest

UNDISTURBED, AS WATER

Easy

"TOY STORY" CHARACTERS

Tricky

DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL POSITION

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are CIRCUS EQUIPMENT (yellow), UNDISTURBED, AS WATER (green), "TOY STORY" CHARACTERS (blue), DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL POSITION (purple).

STILL

STILTS

SLINKY

AARDVARK

WOODY

GLASSY

CANNON

BOCCE

EBBING

BO PEEP

FLAT

UNICYCLE

CALM

JESSIE

TRAPEZE

TWIDDLE

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 #1126, Saturday, July 11. 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 11 (#1126)?: The four groups are CIRCUS EQUIPMENT (CANNON, STILTS, TRAPEZE, UNICYCLE); UNDISTURBED, AS WATER (CALM, FLAT, GLASSY, STILL); "TOY STORY" CHARACTERS (BO PEEP, JESSIE, SLINKY, WOODY); DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL POSITION (AARDVARK, BOCCE, EBBING, TWIDDLE).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL POSITION" — 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.