What is the NYT Connections answer for July 19 (#1134)?

The four groups are CIRCUIT COMPONENTS (BREAKER, FUSE, RELAY, SWITCH); DIGITAL COUPLING VERBS (CONNECT, JOIN, PAIR, SYNC); THINGS TOILETS DO (DRAIN, FLUSH, REFILL, SWIRL); ___ FACE EXPRESSIONS (GAME, LONG, POKER, STRAIGHT).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "___ FACE EXPRESSIONS" — 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.

Sunday, July 19, 2026#1134

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Sunday, July 19

DailyWordHints Editorial July 19

CIRCUIT COMPONENTS

Easiest

DIGITAL COUPLING VERBS

Easy

THINGS TOILETS DO

Tricky

___ FACE EXPRESSIONS

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are CIRCUIT COMPONENTS (yellow), DIGITAL COUPLING VERBS (green), THINGS TOILETS DO (blue), ___ FACE EXPRESSIONS (purple).

SWITCH

SWIRL

LONG

GAME

POKER

PAIR

FLUSH

STRAIGHT

RELAY

SYNC

DRAIN

FUSE

CONNECT

BREAKER

REFILL

JOIN

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 #1134, Sunday, July 19. 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 19 (#1134)?: The four groups are CIRCUIT COMPONENTS (BREAKER, FUSE, RELAY, SWITCH); DIGITAL COUPLING VERBS (CONNECT, JOIN, PAIR, SYNC); THINGS TOILETS DO (DRAIN, FLUSH, REFILL, SWIRL); ___ FACE EXPRESSIONS (GAME, LONG, POKER, STRAIGHT).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "___ FACE EXPRESSIONS" — 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.