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Connections answers for 2 July 2026

Thursday, 2 July 2026 · Puzzle 1117

All four groups for puzzle 1117. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: they impersonate other things

COPYCATMIMEMOCKINGBIRDT-1000

Green: old-timey names for things we still use

LOOKING GLASSSPECTACLESTALKIEWATER CLOSET

Blue: starting with nicknames

BILLY GOATDAN DAN NOODLESRICH TEXTTOM-TOM

Purple: starting with sports venues

COURT JESTERDIAMOND RINGFIELD MOUSETRACK RECORD

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 COPYCAT.
  2. Yellow is about: they impersonate other things.
  3. Green is about: old-timey names for things we still use.
  4. Blue is about: starting with nicknames.
  5. Purple is about: starting with sports venues.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 2 July 2026?

Yellow (they impersonate other things): COPYCAT, MIME, MOCKINGBIRD, T-1000. Green (old-timey names for things we still use): LOOKING GLASS, SPECTACLES, TALKIE, WATER CLOSET. Blue (starting with nicknames): BILLY GOAT, DAN DAN NOODLES, RICH TEXT, TOM-TOM. Purple (starting with sports venues): COURT JESTER, DIAMOND RING, FIELD MOUSE, TRACK RECORD.

Which group was hardest?

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

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