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Connections answers for 21 July 2026

Tuesday, 21 July 2026 · Puzzle 1136

All four groups for puzzle 1136. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: kinds of tops

CROPHALTERTANKTUBE

Green: software downloads

APPDRIVEREXTENSIONPLUGIN

Blue: elements of a musical

BOOKLYRICSMUSICORCHESTRATION

Purple: tele___

GRAMKINESISPROMPTERVISION

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 CROP.
  2. Yellow is about: kinds of tops.
  3. Green is about: software downloads.
  4. Blue is about: elements of a musical.
  5. Purple is about: tele___.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 21 July 2026?

Yellow (kinds of tops): CROP, HALTER, TANK, TUBE. Green (software downloads): APP, DRIVER, EXTENSION, PLUGIN. Blue (elements of a musical): BOOK, LYRICS, MUSIC, ORCHESTRATION. Purple (tele___): GRAM, KINESIS, PROMPTER, VISION.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was tele___.

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