If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1158 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 Green and Tree look like an obvious match for a plant or nature theme, while Fine and Great could easily be mistaken for positive adjectives.
Committing to those wrong groups early will cost you lives. We recommend reading every word carefully and considering multiple meanings or compound words first. Separating verbs, animals, last names, and word-starters will make the remaining entries much easier to sort.
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): Verbs that mean to hold onto or nurture a feeling, thought, or emotion over time.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Common names for different types of frogs found around the world.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Last names of main characters from popular NBC sitcoms.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Each phrase starts with a word that means “yes” or a positive response.
Stuck on one word? If you have Okayama, do not take it literally as a place. 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: Hold Onto, As A Feeling
- Foster
- Harbor
- Maintain
- Nurse
🟩 Green Group: Kinds Of Frogs
- Bull
- Green
- Poison Dart
- Tree
🟦 Blue Group: NBC Sitcom Surnames
- Benes
- Bing
- Lemon
- Scott
🟪 Purple Group: Starting With Affirmative Responses
- Fine Print
- Goodbye
- Great White
- Okayama
Previous Answer:
Connections Answer for August 11, 2026 (Puzzle #1157): Doomed, Basic Cable Channels, Words In An Auctioneer’s Chant, Homophones of Facial Features
For a complete list, visit our NYT Connections answers 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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