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The blue group in today’s NYT Connections puzzle made me laugh. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

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Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Home repair elements.

Green group hint: Put together.

Blue group hint: Think Ty D Bowl.

Purple group hint: The front part of a head.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Circuit components.

Green group: Digital coupling verbs.

Blue group: Things a toilet does.

Purple group: ____ face expressions.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The completed NYT Connections puzzle for July 19, 2026.

NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is circuit components. The four answers are breaker, fuse, relay and switch.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is digital coupling verbs. The four answers are connect, join, pair and sync.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is things a toilet does. The four answers are drain, flush, refill and swirl.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is  ____ face expressions. The four answers are game, long, poker and straight.