Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for July 30, #1145 - CNET

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle No. 1145 for July 30.

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle might be tricky. The blue category was the easiest, I thought. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.

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.

Green group hint: Involves sports equipment.

Green group: Activities with multiple balls.

Purple group: On the ____, to mean “precise.”

The four answers are fair, good, just and right.

The theme is activities with multiple balls.

The four answers are beer pong, bingo, juggling and pool.

The four answers are Carnival, Celebrity, Princess and Viking.

The theme is on the ____, to mean “precise.”

The four answers are dot, mark, money and nose.

We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles​ so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.

#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.

#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.

#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.

#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.

#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.