NYT Connections — July 29, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board mixes hardware for joining materials, words for being unremarkable, terms for a piece of good advice, and classroom surfaces you write on.
Hint 2 of 5
The easiest set is small pieces of hardware used to hold things together, like what you'd find in a toolbox.
Hint 3 of 5
Another set is words that all describe something plain, average, or forgettable.
Hint 4 of 5
A third set pairs with the idea of a helpful saying — think of what comes before the phrase 'of advice.'
Hint 5 of 5
The trickiest set hides materials that precede the word for a wall-mounted panel you'd write or pin things on.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Fasteners
NAIL · RIVET · SCREW · STAPLE
Nondescript
BASIC · MID · PLAIN · VANILLA
Units Of Wisdom
GEM · NUGGET · PEARL · WORD
___ Board (Classroom Surfaces)
BLACK · CHALK · CORK · WHITE
This puzzle by the numbers
- ___ Board (Classroom Surfaces)
- VANILLA
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