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Connections answers for 13 July 2026

Monday, 13 July 2026 · Puzzle 1128

All four groups for puzzle 1128. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: interrogate

EXAMINEGRILLPUMPQUESTION

Green: things with handles

BUCKETDRAWERMUGUMBRELLA

Blue: fictional cats

FIGAROPUSSSALEMTOM

Purple: starting with smooches

BUSSINKISSERPECKISHSMACKDOWN

Try your groups on today's grid

This is today's grid as the game lays it out. Tap four words that belong together and press Check. We will tell you if it is a group, one word away, or not a group. You get four mistakes, the same as the game.

Mistakes left: ● ● ● ●

Stuck on one group?

Each group opens in three steps: a nudge, then its category, then the four words. Open only as many as you need.

Yellow

Not opened yet.

Green

Not opened yet.

Blue

Not opened yet.

Purple

Not opened yet.

The hints we wrote

  1. Yellow is the easiest group and purple the hardest. One yellow word is EXAMINE.
  2. Yellow is about: interrogate.
  3. Green is about: things with handles.
  4. Blue is about: fictional cats.
  5. Purple is about: starting with smooches.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 13 July 2026?

Yellow (interrogate): EXAMINE, GRILL, PUMP, QUESTION. Green (things with handles): BUCKET, DRAWER, MUG, UMBRELLA. Blue (fictional cats): FIGARO, PUSS, SALEM, TOM. Purple (starting with smooches): BUSSIN, KISSER, PECKISH, SMACKDOWN.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was starting with smooches.

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