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Connections July 24, 2026: Hints & Answers (#1223)

edited by Wyna Liu.

Recap

The groups were well-distributed in difficulty, with yellow being the easiest and purple the hardest. Solvers had to think creatively, especially for the homophones and baseball terms.

The sixteen tiles

The sixteen tiles as dealt. Reveal a group below to tint and caption its tiles here.

SPARKCANTERLLAMAJOGWALKYAKSINGLENONERAMBLEPROMPTFRYERDRONEREFRESHSTRIKEOUTBABBLEHOME RUN

Connections hints, one rung at a time

Six rungs, softest first. The recap above already named the groups, so this ladder is here for anyone replaying the board fresh rather than as a spoiler shield.

  1. Four one-line nudges, one per group

    The softest hint there is.

    Yellow
    Verbose talk
    Green
    Baseball results
    Blue
    Memory aid
    Purple
    Sound-alike roles
  2. What linked each group, described

    Still no titles and no tiles named.

    Yellow group

    What happens when someone talks excessively and at length

    Green group

    Possible results for a batter in a baseball game

    Blue group

    What can help bring a memory to mind

    Purple group

    Words that sound like roles in a church or clergy

  3. Board facts

    Counted off the sixteen printed tiles.

    Sixteen tiles, four groups of four, ordered yellow → green → blue → purple from most to least obvious. 1 of the sixteen tile was more than one word.

    Tiles
    16 across 4 groups
    Longest tile
    9 characters
    Shortest tile
    3 characters
    Multi-word tiles
    1
    Back to the sixteen tiles
  4. The trap on this board

    Which tiles pulled in two directions.

    Some cards could fit into more than one group, be cautious with words that have multiple meanings, especially 'NONE' and 'CANTER'.

  5. The four category titles

    Half the answer.

    Yellow
    TALK AT LENGTH
    Green
    OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER
    Blue
    BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY
    Purple
    HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES
  6. One tile from each group

    The anchor most people misplaced, matched to its title.

    Yellow — TALK AT LENGTH
    DRONE
    Green — OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER
    STRIKEOUT
    Blue — BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY
    REFRESH
    Purple — HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES
    LLAMA
    Open the full groupings

Every Connections group from that board

All four groups, folded. Opening one tints its four tiles above and captions them with the category name.

  • Yellow group · 4 tiles

    TALK AT LENGTH

    BABBLE, DRONE, RAMBLE, YAK. The yellow group is 'TALK AT LENGTH' with cards BABBLE, DRONE, RAMBLE, YAK.

  • Green group · 4 tiles

    OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER

    HOME RUN, SINGLE, STRIKEOUT, WALK. The green group is 'OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER' with cards HOME RUN, SINGLE, STRIKEOUT, WALK.

  • Blue group · 4 tiles

    BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY

    JOG, PROMPT, REFRESH, SPARK. The blue group is 'BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY' with cards JOG, PROMPT, REFRESH, SPARK.

  • Purple group · 4 tiles

    HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES

    CANTER, FRYER, LLAMA, NONE. The purple group is 'HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLES' with cards CANTER, FRYER, LLAMA, NONE.

This board by the numbers

Puzzle
(#1223) · Friday, July 24, 2026
Tiles
16 in a 4 × 4 grid
Groups
4, yellow to purple
Multi-word tiles
1
Longest tile
STRIKEOUT
Mistakes allowed
4 before the board locked

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