If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1170 features some heavy misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into a food 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 Sole and Tang look like they belong in a food or flavor group, while Face and Eyelet could easily be sorted as body parts or accessories.
Committing to those wrong groups early will cost you chances. We recommend checking how each word functions across different contexts first. Separating literal meanings from specific jargon and wordplay will make the remaining words 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): Types of aquatic animals caught for food or sport.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Words that mean the most important or leading one.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Specialized terms used in professional wrestling.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Each word sounds like a letter of the alphabet plus a tennis scoring term.
Stuck on one word? If you have Sole, think fish rather than shoe. It belongs to the Yellow 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 for August 24, 2026, Monday Puzzle #1170
Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:
🟨 Yellow Group: Fish
- Mullet
- Pike
- Sole
- Tang
🟩 Green Group: Principal
- Arch
- Chief
- Main
- Prime
🟦 Blue Group: Pro-Wrestling Lingo
- Face
- Heel
- Jobber
- Kayfabe
🟪 Purple Group: Letter Homophones Plus Tennis Terms
- Beset
- Deserve
- Ex-Love
- Eyelet
Yesterday’s Answer
This is yesterday’s NYT Connections answer for August 23, 2026, Puzzle #1169.
🟨 Yellow Group: Potentially Explosive Things
🟩 Green Group: Double Vowels
🟦 Blue Group: Made With Potatoes
🟪 Purple Group: Household Stain
For a complete list, visit our Connections archive.
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Did today’s puzzle give you a perfect Reverse Rainbow or did the tricky categories wipe out your board? Share your results grid or vent about today’s trickiest crossover words in the comments below.
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