Below: the Melio Connections puzzle for Tuesday, July 14, 2026, a progressive hint ladder so you can work toward the solution without spoiling it, and the full color-coded grouping if you want the answer outright.
Heads up: Melio’s Connections grids are independently authored. The answers for Tuesday, July 14, 2026 below are the Melio answers, not the NYT ones.
The 16 words
EGG
SAFARI
JAGUAR
FIREFOX
BIRD
EDGE
BOAT
GREEN
WHITE
WHIP
JOKE
CODE
LION
TIGER
LEOPARD
CHROME
Hint ladder
Spoiler warning
Stage 1: letter spread
Today's 16 words are spread across the alphabet. The most common starting letters are L (2×), J (2×), C (2×), E (2×).
Stage 2: yellow theme
The yellow group's theme is "Big cats". That's the easiest grouping; pick the four words that fit and you're a quarter of the way through.
Stage 3: yellow group reveal
The four yellow words are: TIGER, LION, JAGUAR, LEOPARD.
TIGERLIONJAGUARLEOPARD
Stage 4: all four themes
The four categories, in order from easiest to hardest, are: Yellow (easiest): "Big cats" · Green: "Web browsers" · Blue: "Things that can be cracked" · Purple (trickiest): "___ House".
Stage 5: full solution
Below is the full grouping; each row is one category.