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NYT Connections — July 23, 2026

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Hint 1 of 5

Today's board mixes round objects, jittery feelings, spots you'd find at an airport, and words hiding a math term at the end.

Hint 2 of 5

One easy group covers things that are basically ball-shaped — a piece of sports equipment, a model of Earth, a small glass toy, and a citrus fruit.

Hint 3 of 5

Another set of words all describe being keyed up or on edge, whether from nerves, fever, or too much energy.

Hint 4 of 5

A third group names areas you'd walk through or see at an airport, from where planes park to where you board.

Hint 5 of 5

The trickiest four each end with a geometry term buried inside — look for ANGLE, LINE, POINT, and PLANE hiding at the tail end of longer words.

The answer — spoilers!

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  • yellow

    Spherical Things

    BASEBALL · GLOBE · MARBLE · ORANGE

  • green

    In an Anxious State

    EXCITED · FEBRILE · FRENETIC · INTENSE

  • blue

    Parts of an Airport

    APRON · HANGAR · RUNWAY · TERMINAL

  • purple

    Ending in Geometry Terms

    APPOINT · DEPLANE · FELINE · JANGLE

This puzzle by the numbers

Hardest group (purple)
Ending in Geometry Terms
Longest word on the board
BASEBALL

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A solved Connections-style board: sixteen word tiles sorted into four coloured rows of four — fruits, gemstones, instruments and planets
A solved Connections grid: four groups of four, one colour each. Example board, not today’s puzzle.