What is the NYT Connections answer for July 24 (#1139)?

The four groups are TALK AT LENGTH (BABBLE, DRONE, RAMBLE, YAK); OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER (HOME RUN, SINGLE, STRIKEOUT, WALK); BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY (JOG, PROMPT, REFRESH, SPARK); HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES (CANTER, FRYER, LLAMA, NONE).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES" — 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.

Friday, July 24, 2026#1139

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Friday, July 24

DailyWordHints Editorial July 24

TALK AT LENGTH

Easiest

OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER

Easy

BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY

Tricky

HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are TALK AT LENGTH (yellow), OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER (green), BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY (blue), HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES (purple).

SPARK

CANTER

LLAMA

JOG

WALK

YAK

SINGLE

NONE

RAMBLE

PROMPT

FRYER

DRONE

REFRESH

STRIKEOUT

BABBLE

HOME RUN

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 #1139, Friday, July 24. 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 24 (#1139)?: The four groups are TALK AT LENGTH (BABBLE, DRONE, RAMBLE, YAK); OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER (HOME RUN, SINGLE, STRIKEOUT, WALK); BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY (JOG, PROMPT, REFRESH, SPARK); HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES (CANTER, FRYER, LLAMA, NONE).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES" — 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.