If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1155 features some heavy misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into a medical or sports theme before pulling the rug out from under you.
Below are strategic, spoiler-free hints to help you group today’s words on your own, followed by the exact categories and answers at the bottom of the page.

Today’s Connections Strategy & Commentary

Watch out for the red herrings today. At first glance, words like Caps and Corduroy look like an obvious match for a clothing theme, but committing to that group early will cost you lives. We recommend separating the phrases by what they represent rather than their literal words, as the longest entries often reveal the correct categories first.

Connections Hints Today: Category Clues

If you just need a nudge to get your brain moving in the right direction, here are clues for the four color-coded groups:

🟨 Yellow Group Hint (Easiest): Phrases that mean to change direction or try a new method.
🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Beloved, well-known books read to children for generations.
🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Specific styles or categories of motion pictures.
🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Things that people commonly try to avoid or escape from.

Stuck on one word? If you have Labyrinth, do not take it literally as a physical maze. It belongs to the trickier Purple group today!

⚠️Spoiler Warning: Beyond this point lies the full solution for Puzzle #1155. If you still want to solve the grid yourself using the clues above, do not scroll down.

NYT Connections Answers Today: Sunday, August 9, 2026

Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:

🟨 Yellow Group: Take A Different Approach

Change Tack
Course-Correct
Recalibrate
Shift Gears

🟩 Green Group: Classic Children’s Books

Caps For Sale
Corduroy
Goodnight Moon
Madeline

🟦 Blue Group: Movie Subgenres

Buddy Cop
Neo-Noir
Space Opera
Spaghetti Western

🟪 Purple Group: Thing People Try To Get Out Of

Bad Dream
Escape Room
Jury Duty
Labyrinth

Previous Answer

NYT Connections Answer for August 8, 2026 (Puzzle #1154): Quaint Expressions of Excitement, Convey, Words Abbreviated With Letters as Homophones, Safety _

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NYT Connections Hints & Answers Today: August 9, 2026 (Puzzle #1155)