Today’s Connections grid seems like an easy solve, but it has a couple of sneaky misdirects that will surely trip you up. You can avoid this by using the hints we’ve curated for you to navigate the minefield. If that doesn’t help, we’ve also got one word from each category and the list of themes to sort you out. The answers and their explanations are provided at the bottom of the page. Here are all the hints, clues, and answers to NYT Connections today (#1,170, August 24, 2026).
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What is Connections?
The New York Times has a thriving online word game section, with Connections being the second-most-played title behind the crown jewel, Wordle. The rules of this game are simple – you need to find 4 groups comprising 4 words each in a 16-word grid. The words in each group are united by a common theme. The Yellow group is the easiest one to spot, followed by Green, Blue, and Purple (toughest). Sometimes, there are red herrings and misdirects in the grid to throw you off your game, so don’t take your thinking cap off at any time! Ready to lock in? You can play Connections in the NYT Games app or on the NYT website.
Here’s your grid for today
- SOLE
- DESERVE
- MAIN
- EYELET
- HEEL
- PRIME
- EX-LOVE
- ARCH
- MULLET
- KAYFABE
- BESET
- PIKE
- FACE
- TANG
- CHIEF
- JOBBER
Hints for NYT Connections (#1,170) August 24, 2026
Let’s get you started with some general, spoiler-free hints.
- 🟡Yellow Group: Different varieties of one specific aquatic lifeform.
- 🟢Green Group: Primary.
- 🔵Blue Group: Terms you’d hear fans of WWE use.
- 🟣Purple Group: Ending with terms used in a popular sport played with rackets.
One Word Per Category (Contains Spoilers)
Can’t seem to find an in? We’ll give you one word from each category.
- 🟡Yellow Group: Mullet.
- 🟢Green Group: Arch.
- 🔵Blue Group: Face.
- 🟣Purple Group: Beset.
List of Themes (Major Spoilers)
Maybe getting to know the common themes among the words will help you spot them faster. Here are all the categories for today.
- 🟡Yellow Group: Fish.
- 🟢Green Group: Principal.
- 🔵Blue Group: Pro-Wrestling Lingo.
- 🟣Purple Group: Letter Homophone Plus Tennis Term.
Answers to NYT Connections (#1,170) Today (August 24, 2026)
Close to waving the white flag? Fine, we’ll give you the answers.
- 🟡Yellow Group: Mullet, Pike, Sole, Tang. (Fish)
If your fish knowledge isn’t up to the mark, you probably struggled with the Yellow group today.
- 🟢Green Group: Arch, Chief, Main, Prime. (Principal)
‘Face’ and ‘Sole’ were two misdirects in today’s grid that also appear to go into this group.
- 🔵Blue Group: Face, Heel, Jobber, Kayfabe. (Pro-Wrestling Lingo)
Face: Good guy. Heel: Villain or bad guy. Jobber: Wrestler who makes up-and-coming talent seem legitimate by losing to them. Kayfabe: The art of making staged pro-wrestling performances seem real.
- 🟣Purple Group: Beset, Deserve, Ex-Love, Eyelet. (Letter Homophone Plus Tennis Term)
B-set, D-serve, X-love, I-let.
Answers to yesterday’s puzzle (#1,169, August 23, 2026)
- 🟡Yellow Group: Powder Keg, Time Bomb, Tinderbox, Volcano. (Potentially Explosive Things)
- 🟢Green Group: Antifreeze, Bazaar, Skiing, Vacuum. (Double Vowels)
- 🔵Blue Group: Home Fries, Potato Battery, Vichyssoise, Vodka. (Made With Potatoes)
- 🟣Purple Group: Baking Soda, Club Soda, Hydrogen Peroxide, Vinegar. (Household Stain Removers)
Answers to NYT Connections #1,168 (August 22, 2026)
- 🟡Yellow Group: Chisel, Hammer, Plane, Saw. (Carpentry Tools)
- 🟢Green Group: Bitter, Musk, Water, Winter. (Kinds Of Melon)
- 🔵Blue Group: Cone, Jet, Mist, Shower. (Garden Hose Settings)
- 🟣Purple Group: Gilmore, Golden, Mean, Spice. (___ Girls Of Pop Culture)
Answers to NYT Connections #1,167 (August 21, 2026)
- 🟡Yellow Group: Nutrition, Oxygen, Sleep, Water. (Things Most Animals Need)
- 🟢Green Group: Action, Curtain Up, Places, Showtime. (Calls To Begin A Performance)
- 🔵Blue Group: Comeback, Karate, Sundance, Wimpy. (___ Kids)
- 🟣Purple Group: Blue Moon, Generation, Lifetime, While. (Once In A ___)
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How did other Connectors do today?
NYT’s early testers rated today’s Connections puzzle 3.3 out of 5. This puts it in the hard difficulty level. Let us know how you fared in the comments!
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