A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 1 (game #1147).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #1148) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- LIKE
- AIRPLANE
- VIA
- FLAX
- À LA
- SO
- BY
- DARK
- PER
- LORD
- WELL
- ASEA
- THROUGH
- BEAST
- OLGA
- ACTUALLY
NYT Connections today (game #1148) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Meaningless meaning
- GREEN: How to get threre
- BLUE: A type of thing different to the main thing
- PURPLE: Abbreviations for baggage handlers
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #1148) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FILLER WORDS
- GREEN: BY MEANS OF
- BLUE: MODE
- PURPLE: U.S. AIRPORT CODES PLUS STARTING LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1148) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1148, are…
- YELLOW: FILLER WORDS: ACTUALLY, LIKE, SO, WELL
- GREEN: BY MEANS OF: BY, PER, THROUGH, VIA
- BLUE: MODE: AIRPLANE, BEAST, DARK, À LA
- PURPLE: U.S. AIRPORT CODES PLUS STARTING LETTER: ASEA, FLAX, LORD, OLGA
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I love getting Connections badges and today was rewarded with a Reverse Rainbow. Incredibly, after playing the game for several years this is only the second time I’ve achieved this.
Key to my Purple First success was spotting LAX hidden in FLAX and GLA in OLGA, having travelled to both airports plenty of times. LAX feels particularly iconic thanks to its inclusion in several lyrics — “I hopped off the plane at LAX with a dream and a cardigan” from Miley Cyrus’s Party in the USA being a favorite.
Next, I got MODE in part because I am fairly certain we have had this category before, while I simply got lucky connecting BY MEANS ahead of the yellow group of FILLER WORDS.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, August 1, 2026, game #1147)
- YELLOW: BEDDING: COMFORTER, SHAM, SHEET, THROW
- GREEN: OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS SINCE 2010: BALE, JORDAN, PHOENIX, WALTZ
- BLUE: PERFORM SOME HOLE MACHINING OPERATION: S BORE, COUNTERSINK, DRILL, REAM
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH BREAD SHAPES: BOULEVARD, BUNDLE, LOAFER, ROLLS-ROYCE
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
