What is the NYT Connections answer for July 25 (#1140)?

The four groups are SPANISH RELATIVES (ABUELA, HIJO, MADRE, PRIMO); START TO CRY, WITH "UP" (CHOKE, MIST, TEAR, WELL); AFRICAN CURRENCIES (KWANZA, LEONE, NAIRA, RAND); STRIP ___ (CLUB, MALL, POKER, STEAK).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "STRIP ___" — 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 25, 2026#1140

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Saturday, July 25

DailyWordHints Editorial July 25

SPANISH RELATIVES

Easiest

START TO CRY, WITH "UP"

Easy

AFRICAN CURRENCIES

Tricky

STRIP ___

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are SPANISH RELATIVES (yellow), START TO CRY, WITH "UP" (green), AFRICAN CURRENCIES (blue), STRIP ___ (purple).

STEAK

LEONE

PRIMO

MALL

MADRE

MIST

POKER

CHOKE

CLUB

RAND

TEAR

NAIRA

HIJO

KWANZA

WELL

ABUELA

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 #1140, Saturday, July 25. 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 25 (#1140)?: The four groups are SPANISH RELATIVES (ABUELA, HIJO, MADRE, PRIMO); START TO CRY, WITH "UP" (CHOKE, MIST, TEAR, WELL); AFRICAN CURRENCIES (KWANZA, LEONE, NAIRA, RAND); STRIP ___ (CLUB, MALL, POKER, STEAK).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "STRIP ___" — 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.