Yellow - CONSTRUCT, July 31 -- Here are all four answers for the NYT Connections puzzle #1146 on July 31, 2026.

FASHION, MODEL, MOLD, SHAPEGreen - SUPER MARIO FIGURES: DINOSAUR, MUSHROOM, PLUMBER, PRINCESSBlue - FRUITS PLUS STARTING LETTER: DAPPLE, JDATE, SLIME, SPEARPurple - STARTING WITH MERRIMENTS: CHEERIOS, FUNGUS, GLEEK, JOYSTICK

Hints for each group are below, followed by the full breakdown.

NYT Connections Hints - July 31, 2026

Yellow hint: Four verbs all meaning to give shape or form to something. One of them is also a word for a glamorous profession.

Green hint: Four words that describe characters or character types from the Super Mario universe, not by name but by what they are.

Blue hint: Remove the first letter from each...