If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1159 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 Miles and Inch look like an obvious match for a measurement theme, while Cold and Feet could easily be mistaken for temperature-related terms. Committing to those wrong groups early will cost you lives. We recommend reading every word carefully and considering idioms, compound words, and airline terminology before locking in your groups.
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): Words that mean to keep going despite difficulty.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Verbs that describe moving forward slowly and carefully.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Benefits you receive when you reach a certain level with an airline.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): These words all complete the common idiom “cold __.”
Stuck on one word? If you have Turkey, try thinking of phrases rather than literal meanings. It belongs to the trickier Purple group today!
⚠️ Spoiler Warning: The full answers are listed below. If you still want to solve the grid yourself using the clues above, do not scroll down.
NYT Connections Answers Today
Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:
🟨 Yellow Group: PERSEVERE
- Carry On
- Continue
- Make It
- Persist
🟩 Green Group: MOVE SLOWLY (UP TO)
- Creep
- Ease
- Edge
- Inch
🟦 Blue Group: AIRLINE STATUS PERKS
- Checked Bags
- Lounge
- Miles
- Upgrade
🟪 Purple Group: “COLD” THINGS, IN IDIOMS
- Comfort
- Feet
- Shoulder
- Turkey
Previous Answer
Connections Answer for August 12, 2026 (Puzzle #1158): Hold Onto, As A Feeling, Kinds Of Frogs, NBC Sitcom Surnames, Starting With Affirmative Responses
For a complete list, visit our NYT Connections archive.
Finished Connections? Try Today’s Other NYT Games Solutions
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Did today’s puzzle give you a perfect “Reverse Rainbow” (solving Purple to Yellow), or did the red herrings wipe out your board?
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