Today’s NYT Communications Tips and Answers for July 28 #1143

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has some fun categories. Purple really requires you to be very observant and make those mental connections. Read on for today’s communications tips and answers.

Tips for today’s communication groups

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

Yellow group tip: Their boss around.

Green group tip: They keep the doctor away.

Blue group tip: shoes.

Purple group tip: Same back and forth.

Answers to today’s communications groups

Yellow group: He orders

Green group: How do you like them apples?

Blue group: Shoe brands that start with the letter “C”.

Purple group: Starting with alternating names.

What are the answers to Etisalat today?

NYT Connections puzzle completed on July 28, 2026.

Yellow words in today’s communications

The matter is the matter.

The four answers are captain, direct, head, and lead.

Green words in today’s communications

The topic is how do you like them apples?

The four answers are Empire, Fuji, Gala, and Honeycrisp.

Blue words in today’s communications

Topic is shoe brands starting with the letter “C”.

The four answers are Camper, Clarks, Converse and Crocs.

Purple words in today’s communications

The topic begins with alternating names.

The four answers are Annapolis (Anna), Bobsleigh (Bob), Everest (Eve) and Ottoman (Otto).

Gayle Faschingbauer Cooper, CNET editor, journalist and pop culture lover, is co-author of Whatever Happened to Pudding? The Lost Games, Tastes and Trends of the ’70s and ’80s, as well as The Totally Sweet ’90s. She has been a journalist since 1989, working for Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. It is the tenth generation in date of birth, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars return, they’ll be first in line.

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