{"id":861306,"date":"2026-08-19T22:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861306\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:32:11","slug":"todays-nyt-connections-hints-and-answers-for-aug-19-1165","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861306\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for\u00a0Aug. 19, #1165"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"exco-video-player__poster\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ex.co\/transformations-account\/production\/bf6379df-047b-4e0a-b804-89ce1cc89281\/0f503bde-f3a5-56f1-8f04-bfa9e0b50739\/thumbnail-1080.webp\" alt=\"How To Play and Win Connections \uff5c Mashable - Mashable (1080p, h264).mp4\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Connections puzzle is a fun one. Moviegoers should be able to solve the purple grouping fairly easily. Read on for hints and today\u2019s Connections answers.<\/p>\n<p>Hints for today\u2019s Connections groups<\/p>\n<p>Here are four hints for the groupings in today\u2019s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.<\/p>\n<p>Yellow group hint:\u00a0So easy.<\/p>\n<p>Green group hint:\u00a0Where is it?<\/p>\n<p>Blue group hint:\u00a0Pitch or catch it.<\/p>\n<p>Purple group hint:\u00a0Sounds like cinema.<\/p>\n<p>Answers for today\u2019s Connections groups<\/p>\n<p>Yellow group: Piece of cake.<\/p>\n<p>Green group: Conceal.<\/p>\n<p>Blue group: Words before \u201cball\u201d in sport names.<\/p>\n<p>Purple group: Homophones of CGI-animated films.<\/p>\n<p>What are today\u2019s Connections answers?<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"559\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Aug19Connections2026.png\" alt=\"The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 19, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-4840785\"  \/>The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 19, 2026.NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/p>\n<p>The yellow words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n<p>The theme is piece of cake.<\/p>\n<p>The four answers are breeze, cinch, picnic and snap.<\/p>\n<p>The green words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n<p>The theme is conceal.<\/p>\n<p>The four answers are blanket, hide, mask and obscure.<\/p>\n<p>The blue words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n<p>The theme is words before \u201cball\u201d in sport names.<\/p>\n<p>The four answers are base, basket, foot and pickle.<\/p>\n<p>The purple words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n<p>The theme is homophones of CGI-animated films.<\/p>\n<p>The four answers are ants (Antz), cocoa (Coco), rheo (Rio) and Seoul (Soul).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"Gael Cooper\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/85948f9b-7918-477c-840f-eb31523e2b20.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-64 photo\" height=\"64\" width=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of &#8220;Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the &#8217;70s and &#8217;80s,&#8221; as well as &#8220;The Totally Sweet &#8217;90s.&#8221; She&#8217;s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She&#8217;s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she&#8217;ll be first in line.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/profiles\/gcooper\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"articleAuthorBioFooter_link\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSee full bio\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s Connections puzzle is a fun one. 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