Connections #1144 Answers
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1144 for Wednesday, July 29, 2026. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): fasteners
- Green: nondescript
- Blue: units of wisdom
- Purple (hardest): ___boards in a classroom
Answers
FASTENERS
NAIL, RIVET, SCREW, STAPLE
NONDESCRIPT
BASIC, MID, PLAIN, VANILLA
UNITS OF WISDOM
GEM, NUGGET, PEARL, WORD
___BOARDS IN A CLASSROOM
BLACK, CHALK, CORK, WHITE
Previous Connections answers
- #1143 — command, how do you like them apples, shoe brands starting with "c", starting with palindromic names
- #1142 — gymnastics apparatus, long tapered things, kinds of shifts, icons on a shopping site
- #1141 — baby milestones, outmoded consumer tech, expressions for rain, what "shell" might refer to
- #1140 — spanish relatives, start to cry, with "up", african currencies, strip ___
- #1139 — talk at length, outcomes for a batter, bring to mind, as a memory, homophones of religious roles
- #1138 — spherical things, in an anxious state, parts of an airport, ending in geometry terms
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