Play Connections #1145
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Connections #1145 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
Think of qualities you'd hope to find in an honest, upstanding person.
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Green group hintGentle hint
Hobbies and games where several round objects come into play at once.
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Blue group hintHelpful hint
These are companies that take vacationers out on the open sea.
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Purple group hintHelpful hint
Each one completes an idiom for being spot-on accurate.
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Where's the trap?Strong hint
Some words tied to carnival-style fun and to moral goodness overlap, and one word for being correct could also fit the accuracy idioms.
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The four group namesStrong hint
- VIRTUOUS
- ACTIVITIES WITH MULTIPLE BALLS
- CRUISE LINES
- ON THE ___, TO MEAN "PRECISE"
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Difficulty: Medium. The ethical-sounding words are easy to spot, but the idiom group and a few words with double meanings can send you down the wrong path.
Connections #1145 answers
Spoiler zone. Below are all four groups for July 30, 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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FAIR is in the yellow group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
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The group is VIRTUOUS.
Show all four words
FAIR, GOOD, JUST, RIGHT
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BEER PONG is in the green group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
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The group is ACTIVITIES WITH MULTIPLE BALLS.
Show all four words
BEER PONG, BINGO, JUGGLING, POOL
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CARNIVAL is in the blue group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
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The group is CRUISE LINES.
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CARNIVAL, CELEBRITY, PRINCESS, VIKING
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DOT is in the purple group. Look for three more words that share something with it.
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The group is ON THE ___, TO MEAN "PRECISE".
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DOT, MARK, MONEY, NOSE
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- FAIR: Honest and impartial in treating people.
- GOOD: Morally upright and decent.
- JUST: Acting with integrity and equity.
- RIGHT: Morally correct and proper.
- BEER PONG: Players toss ping-pong balls into cups.
- BINGO: Numbered balls are drawn from a cage.
- JUGGLING: Keeps several balls in the air at once.
- POOL: Cue balls and numbered balls on a table.
- CARNIVAL: Big cruise company known for its Fun Ships.
- CELEBRITY: Cruise line with a star-themed name.
- PRINCESS: Cruise line famous from The Love Boat.
- VIKING: Cruise line known for river and ocean voyages.
Purple group explained
- DOT: On the dot means exactly on time.
- MARK: On the mark means accurate.
- MONEY: On the money means exactly correct.
- NOSE: On the nose means precisely right.
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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.
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Connections #1145 questions
What were the Connections answers on July 30, 2026?
VIRTUOUS: FAIR, GOOD, JUST, RIGHT. ACTIVITIES WITH MULTIPLE BALLS: BEER PONG, BINGO, JUGGLING, POOL. CRUISE LINES: CARNIVAL, CELEBRITY, PRINCESS, VIKING. ON THE ___, TO MEAN "PRECISE": DOT, MARK, MONEY, NOSE.
What was the purple group in Connections #1145?
ON THE ___, TO MEAN "PRECISE": DOT, MARK, MONEY, NOSE.
What made Connections #1145 tricky?
Some words tied to carnival-style fun and to moral goodness overlap, and one word for being correct could also fit the accuracy idioms.