Play Connections #1127
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Connections #1127 hints
Yellow is usually the easiest group and purple the trickiest. Start with one colour and see if the rest falls into place.
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Yellow group hintGentle hint
These are the bits you either plant or spit out once the juicy part is gone.
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Green group hintGentle hint
You might grab these sweets at a movie theater concession stand.
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Blue group hintHelpful hint
Think of the advice a dorm room poster might give a student.
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Purple group hintHelpful hint
Each one is only the opening of a city name where state government meets.
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Where's the trap?Strong hint
Some of the candy names sound like wild outings or bookish types, which tempts you to mix them in with words about campus life.
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The four group namesStrong hint
- REPRODUCTIVE PART OF FRUIT
- BIT OF FRUIT-FLAVORED CANDY
- VERBS IN A COLLEGE LIFE SLOGAN
- STARTS OF U.S. CAPITALS
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Difficulty: Medium. The fruit group is a gentle start, but the candy brands and the chopped-off city names take some lateral thinking to pin down.
Connections #1127 answers
Spoiler zone. Below are all four groups for July 12, 2026, with why each word fits.
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Each colour opens in three steps: one word from the group, then the group name, then all four words. Stop as soon as you can finish it yourself.
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PIP is in the yellow group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
Show the group name
The group is REPRODUCTIVE PART OF FRUIT.
Show all four words
PIP, PIT, SEED, STONE
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DOT is in the green group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
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The group is BIT OF FRUIT-FLAVORED CANDY.
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DOT, NERD, RUNT, SPREE
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PARTY is in the blue group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
Show the group name
The group is VERBS IN A COLLEGE LIFE SLOGAN.
Show all four words
PARTY, REPEAT, SLEEP, STUDY
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DEN is in the purple group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
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The group is STARTS OF U.S. CAPITALS.
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DEN, MAD, PHO, SAC
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- PIP: Small seed inside apples, oranges and similar fruits.
- PIT: Hard center of a cherry, peach or olive.
- SEED: Plantable part found inside many fruits.
- STONE: Hard pit at the core of a plum or peach.
- DOT: Chewy fruity gumdrops sold as Dots.
- NERD: Crunchy, tiny fruit-flavored Nerds candy.
- RUNT: Fruit-shaped tangy Runts candy.
- SPREE: Chalky fruity Spree candy tablets.
- PARTY: Social verb in a classic campus motto.
- REPEAT: Verb that finishes a looping college routine slogan.
- SLEEP: Verb for rest in a student lifestyle slogan.
- STUDY: Verb for hitting the books in a student slogan.
Purple group explained
- DEN: Start of Denver, Colorado.
- MAD: Start of Madison, Wisconsin.
- PHO: Start of Phoenix, Arizona.
- SAC: Start of Sacramento, California.
What does RUNT mean?
A candy brand name here: Runts are fruit-shaped, fruit-flavored hard candies, such as banana, strawberry and lime shapes. The word also means an undersized, weak animal or person, but here it fits the candy group.
Recent Connections puzzles
| Date | Puzzle | Purple group |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 11 | #1126 | DOUBLE LETTERS APPEARING IN THAT LETTER'S ALPHABETICAL POSITION |
About Connections
Connections is a daily New York Times puzzle where you sort 16 words into four groups of four. Groups are colour-coded from yellow, the most direct, to purple, which usually relies on wordplay. You can make four mistakes. Looking back at past puzzles is one of the best ways to learn the kinds of tricks the editors like to use.
Other puzzles on Jul 12
Connections #1127 questions
What were the Connections answers on July 12, 2026?
REPRODUCTIVE PART OF FRUIT: PIP, PIT, SEED, STONE. BIT OF FRUIT-FLAVORED CANDY: DOT, NERD, RUNT, SPREE. VERBS IN A COLLEGE LIFE SLOGAN: PARTY, REPEAT, SLEEP, STUDY. STARTS OF U.S. CAPITALS: DEN, MAD, PHO, SAC.
What was the purple group in Connections #1127?
STARTS OF U.S. CAPITALS: DEN, MAD, PHO, SAC.
What made Connections #1127 tricky?
Some of the candy names sound like wild outings or bookish types, which tempts you to mix them in with words about campus life.