NYT Connections — July 31, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board mixes verbs for building something by hand, references to a famous video game plumber, fruit names hiding inside longer words, and words for joy tucked at the front of longer terms.
Hint 2 of 5
The easiest set is verbs meaning to form or construct something.
Hint 3 of 5
Another set names things tied to a famous video game franchise starring a plumber — a dinosaur companion, a power-up item, the hero's job, and a royal character.
Hint 4 of 5
A trickier set hides fruit names once you drop the first letter — add one extra letter to the front of a fruit to land on today's actual word.
Hint 5 of 5
The hardest set all starts with a word meaning happiness or delight, with extra letters tacked on to spell an unrelated everyday word or brand name.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Construct
FASHION · MODEL · MOLD · SHAPE
Super Mario Figures
DINOSAUR · MUSHROOM · PLUMBER · PRINCESS
Fruits Plus A Starting Letter
DAPPLE · JDATE · SLIME · SPEAR
Start With A Word For Merriment
CHEERIOS · FUNGUS · GLEEK · JOYSTICK
This puzzle by the numbers
- Start With A Word For Merriment
- DINOSAUR
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