{"id":579022,"date":"2026-08-24T17:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/579022\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:48:20","slug":"todays-nyt-connections-hints-and-answers-for-aug-24-1170","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/579022\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for\u00a0Aug. 24, #1170"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\"How<\/p>\n

Connections players on social media often joke about how obscure and even wacky the categories can be. Today\u2019s purple category is a prime example of that. Good luck with it! Read on for hints and today\u2019s Connections answers.<\/p>\n

Hints for today\u2019s Connections groups<\/p>\n

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

Yellow group hint:\u00a0Splish-splash.<\/p>\n

Green group hint:\u00a0Top of the org.<\/p>\n

Blue group hint:\u00a0Think WWE.<\/p>\n

Purple group hint:\u00a0Sounds like, and then an item from a sport.<\/p>\n

Answers for today\u2019s Connections groups<\/p>\n

Yellow group:\u00a0Fish.<\/p>\n

Green group:\u00a0Principal.<\/p>\n

Blue group:\u00a0Pro-wrestling lingo.<\/p>\n

Purple group:\u00a0Letter homophone plus tennis term.<\/p>\n

What are today\u2019s Connections answers?<\/p>\n

\"TheThe completed NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 24, 2026.NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/p>\n

The yellow words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is fish.<\/p>\n

The four answers are mullet, pike, sole and tang.<\/p>\n

The green words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is principal.<\/p>\n

The four answers are arch, chief, main and prime.<\/p>\n

The blue words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is pro-wrestling lingo.<\/p>\n

The four answers are face, heel, jobber and kayfabe.<\/p>\n

The purple words in today\u2019s Connections<\/p>\n

The theme is letter homophone plus tennis term<\/p>\n

The four answers are beset, deserve, ex-love and eyelet.<\/p>\n

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\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 “Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the ’70s and ’80s,” as well as “The Totally Sweet ’90s.” She’s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She’s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she’ll be first in line.
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