Daily word‑game puzzle hints released for July 21, 2026

Several popular word‑game sites posted their July 21, 2026 puzzles and solutions. Quordle’s four‑word set featured TRUSS, AXIAL, SWINE and THING, with hints emphasizing structural and animal themes. The AI‑driven game Contexto revealed that its secret word starts with “A” and is five letters long.

Wordle’s answer for the day was SHILL, a five‑letter word beginning with S and ending with L, noted for having one repeated letter and a single vowel. The New York Times supplied step‑by‑step hints for its July 22 Pips challenges across Easy, Medium and Hard levels.

NYT Connections for July 21 offered four thematic groups: clothing (CROP, HALTER, TANK, TUBE), software terms (APP, DRIVER, EXTENSION, PLUGIN), musical elements (BOOK, LYRICS, MUSIC, ORCHESTRATION) and “Tele‑” completions (GRAM, KINESIS, PROMPTER, VISION).