If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1173 features some heavy misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into an emotion or color 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 Lightning and Pikachu look like they belong in a nature or creature group, while Ash and Dove could easily be sorted as animals or natural elements. 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 phrases 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): Things that carry or produce an electric charge.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Describing someone moved to strong emotion or sadness.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Each word is a shade or tone of the color gray.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Each word is a music genre preceded by its starting letter.
Stuck on one word? If you have Pikachu, think electricity rather than just a character. It belongs to the Yellow group today!
NYT Connections Answers Today for August 27, 2026, Thursday Puzzle #1173
⚠️ 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.
Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:
🟨 Yellow Group: ELECTRIC THINGS
- Electric Eel
- Lightning
- Live Wire
- Pikachu
🟩 Green Group: MOVED TO TEARS
- Choked Up
- Emotional
- Misty
- Overcome
🟦 Blue Group: SHADES OF GRAY
- Ash
- Dove
- Pewter
- Slate
🟪 Purple Group: MUSIC GENRE PLUS STARTING LETTER
- Brock
- Nemo
- Spunk
- Wrap
Yesterday’s Answer
This is yesterday’s NYT Connections answer for August 26, 2026, Puzzle #1172.
🟨 Yellow Group: “There You Have It!”
🟩 Green Group: Knack
🟦 Blue Group: What “P” Might Stand For
🟪 Purple Group: Key _
For a complete list, visit our Connections archive.
Try Today’s Other NYT Games Solutions
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