Looking for a different day?A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, July 4 (game #1119).Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.NYT Connections today (game #1120) - today's words(Image credit: New York Times)Today's NYT Connections words are… WINOATSGREENWIREWESTCARDWITHHONEYGOLDTUNGSTENCHECKSEEDSCASHPLATINUMNUTSCENTURIONNYT Connections today (game #1120) - hint #1 - group hintsWhat are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: Healthy breakfast componentsGREEN: Ways to payBLUE: A brand’s various levelsPURPLE: A letter before X in commonNeed more clues? We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…NYT Connections today (game #1120) - hint #2 - group answersWhat are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: GRANOLA INGREDIENTSGREEN: PAYMENT METHODSBLUE: AMEX CARD TYPESPURPLE: WHAT "W" MIGHT STAND FORRight, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.NYT Connections today (game #1120) - the answers(Image credit: New York Times)The answers to today's Connections, game #1120, are…YELLOW: GRANOLA INGREDIENTS HONEY, NUTS, OATS, SEEDSGREEN: PAYMENT METHODS CARD, CASH, CHECK, WIREBLUE: AMEX CARD TYPES CENTURION, GOLD, GREEN, PLATINUMPURPLE: WHAT "W" MIGHT STAND FOR TUNGSTEN, WEST, WIN, WITHMy rating: EasyMy score: PerfectI used to work for American Express at their UK headquarters back in the day doing what is no doubt a fully automated task of authorising payments. It was the easiest and most boring job I’ve ever done, but the downside was I was on the night shift — which led to all manner of downsides, not least a poor diet.That said, this is not why I got AMEX CARD TYPES; that would be a guess. With eight tiles left, it wasn't too much of a stretch.GRANOLA INGREDIENTS should have been my first foursome, seeing as that’s my regular breakfast, but instead the easy win of CARD, CASH, CHECK and WIRE was hard to resist.Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, July 4, 2026, game #1119)YELLOW: PERSIST CONTINUE, LAST, LINGER, STAYGREEN: KINDS OF POEMS BALLAD, EPIC, ODE, VILLANELLEBLUE: TROPICAL DRINKS HURRICANE, PAINKILLER, SCORPION, ZOMBIEPURPLE: SWEET __ DREAMS, NOTHINGS, PEA, SPOTWhat is NYT Connections?NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.