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Connections clues for
July 24, 2026
Work through each group at your own pace. Hints first; answers only when you are ready.
Go at your own pace
Spoiler-free category hints
Clue vault
Nothing is shown until you choose. Take one small nudge at a time.
01Reveal gentle nudge +
When somebody keeps the floor and never quite lands the plane.
Reveal category
TALK AT LENGTH02Reveal gentle nudge +
Results you might jot in a scorebook after one trip to the plate.
Reveal category
OUTCOMES FOR A BATTER03Reveal gentle nudge +
What a photo, smell, or old song can do for your brain.
Reveal category
BRING TO MIND, AS A MEMORY04Reveal gentle nudge +
Use your ears, not your eyes—each one sounds like a job title you might hear in a house of worship.
Reveal category
HOMOPHONES OF RELIGIOUS ROLESSpoiler vault
Answers, when you’re ready
Four sealed answers
Nothing is shown until you choose. Take one small nudge at a time.
Answer 1Unlock +
Answer 2Unlock +
Answer 3Unlock +
Answer 4Unlock +
Connections clues for July 24, 2026
Welcome to a calmer way to work through today’s Connections puzzle. The board asks you to find four hidden families among sixteen words, but the best part is the little moment when a pattern clicks. Our clues are designed to protect that feeling: they point your thinking in a useful direction without handing you the finish line.
Start by reading the four gentle hints above. Each hint describes a category in everyday language, so you can return to the grid with a fresh angle. If one group feels close but not quite right, leave it for a minute and test another connection. The trickiest category is often built around a phrase, a spelling pattern, or a bit of cultural knowledge rather than a straightforward definition.
Need a nudge? Try sorting the words into a few rough piles: things that sound alike, words that can follow the same word, names you recognize, or terms from one familiar world. Four words may look like an obvious set but hide a red herring. That is normal. The puzzle is made to reward a second look.
When you are ready to check your work, open the answer cards one at a time. You will see the category first, then the four matching words. This keeps the final reveal readable and lets you learn why a group belongs together. For more help, visit our Connections Solver; for another day, browse the Connections Archive.