NYT Connections hint (Sun, 26 Jul)

Today's Connections puzzle testing your patience as well as your vocabulary? You're not alone. We wouldn't be here if you were!

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Connections hint for Sunday 26th July

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: Milestones before the first birthday.
• 🟩 Green hint: Vintage finds.
• 🟦 Blue hint: Not every rainy day is described the same way.
• 🟪 Purple hint: One word, four different meanings.
• Extra hint 1: More than one group is nostalgic.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'C'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• 🟨 Yellow: Rolling Over
• 🟩 Green: Discman
• 🟦 Blue: Scotch Mist
• 🟪 Purple: Pastry Crust

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Today's Connections groups revealed

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• 🟨 Yellow: Baby Milestones
• 🟩 Green: Outmoded Consumer Tech
• 🟦 Blue: Expressions for Rain
• 🟪 Purple: What "Shell" Might Refer To

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Sunday, 26th July:

• 🟨 Yellow: Baby Milestones (Crawling, First Words, Rolling Over, Solid Food)
• 🟩 Green: Outmoded Consumer Tech (BlackBerry, Discman, DVD Player, Plasma TV)
• 🟦 Blue: Expressions for Rain (April Showers, Liquid Sunshine, Scotch Mist, Wet Weather)
• 🟪 Purple: What "Shell" Might Refer To (Carapace, Gas Station, Pastry Crust, Rowing Boat)

If you're old enough to remember the devices from the green group like I am, I apologise for calling them vintage in our hints. The good news is now we can listen to music without having to hold our devices flat, and they might be worth a lot of money if you can find them in your parent's garage!

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

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Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!