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Connections answers for 8 July 2026

Wednesday, 8 July 2026 · Puzzle 1123

All four groups for puzzle 1123. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: cut into thin pieces

GRATEPLANESHAVESLIVER

Green: motif

DRIFTPLOTTHEMETHREAD

Blue: guitar-playing techniques

PICKPLUCKSTRUMTAP

Purple: house of ___

CARDSLORDSWAXWORSHIP

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 GRATE.
  2. Yellow is about: cut into thin pieces.
  3. Green is about: motif.
  4. Blue is about: guitar-playing techniques.
  5. Purple is about: house of ___.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 8 July 2026?

Yellow (cut into thin pieces): GRATE, PLANE, SHAVE, SLIVER. Green (motif): DRIFT, PLOT, THEME, THREAD. Blue (guitar-playing techniques): PICK, PLUCK, STRUM, TAP. Purple (house of ___): CARDS, LORDS, WAX, WORSHIP.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was house of ___.

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