NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, August 9 (game #1155)

Looking for a different day? 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 an

<![CDATA[ <article> <div class="fancy-box"><div class="fancy_box-title">Looking for a different day?</div><div class="fancy_box_body"><p class="fancy-box__body-text">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'. <strong>If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead</strong> then click here: <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-8-august-2026"><strong>NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, August 8 (game #1154)</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p></div></div><p>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. </p><p>What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily <a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-9-august-2026">Strands hints and answers</a> and <a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/quordle-today-answers-clues-9-august-2026">Quordle hints and answers</a> articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's <a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/wordle-today">Wordle today</a> page covers the original viral word game.</p><p><em>SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.</em></p><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-connections-today-game-1155-today-s-words"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1155) - today's words</span></h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1920px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="xhgpRJyL8mX7kiVA2Eaczd" name="TR_nyt_connections-hints-1155" alt="NYT Connections hints for game 1155 on a purple background" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xhgpRJyL8mX7kiVA2Eaczd.png" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1920" height="1080" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: New York Times)</span></figcaption></figure><p>Today's NYT Connections words are… </p><ul><li>SHIFT GEARS</li><li>JURY DUTY</li><li>SPACE OPERA</li><li>LABYRINTH</li><li>CAPS FOR SALE</li><li>ESCAPE ROOM</li><li>NEO-NOIR</li><li>COURSE-CORRECT</li><li>BAD DREAM</li><li>BUDDY COP</li><li>CORDUROY</li><li>CHANGE TACK</li><li>MADELINE</li><li>RECALIBRATE</li><li>SPAGHETTI WESTERN</li><li>GOODNIGHT MOON</li></ul><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-connections-today-game-1155-hint-1-group-hints"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1155) - hint #1 - group hints</span></h2><p>What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?</p><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: </strong>Take a new path</li><li><strong>GREEN: </strong>Bedtime stories</li><li><strong>BLUE: </strong>Types of fims</li><li><strong>PURPLE: </strong>In need of an exit strategy</li></ul><p>Need more clues? </p><p>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…</p><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-connections-today-game-1155-hint-2-group-answers"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1155) - hint #2 - group answers</span></h2><p>What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?</p><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: </strong>TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH</li><li><strong>GREEN: </strong>CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS</li><li><strong>BLUE: </strong>MOVIE SUBGENRES</li><li><strong>PURPLE: </strong>THINGS PEOPLE TRY TO GET OUT OF</li></ul><p>Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.</p><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-connections-today-game-1155-the-answers"><span>NYT Connections today (game #1155) - the answers</span></h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1920px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="kVWCtpctwAx7FANazXFMDe" name="TR_nyt_connections-answers-1155" alt="NYT Connections answers for game 1155 on a purple background" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kVWCtpctwAx7FANazXFMDe.png" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1920" height="1080" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: New York Times)</span></figcaption></figure><p>The answers to today's Connections, game #1155, are…</p><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH: </strong>CHANGE TACK, COURSE-CORRECT, RECALIBRATE, SHIFT GEARS</li><li><strong>GREEN: CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS: </strong>CAPS FOR SALE, CORDUROY, GOODNIGHT MOON, MADELINE</li><li><strong>BLUE: MOVIE SUBGENRES: </strong>BUDDY COP, NEO-NOIR, SPACE OPERA, SPAGHETTI WESTERN</li><li><strong>PURPLE: THINGS PEOPLE TRY TO GET OUT OF: </strong>BAD DREAM, ESCAPE ROOM, JURY DUTY, LABYRINTH</li></ul><ul><li><strong>My rating:</strong> Easy</li><li><strong>My score: </strong>Perfect</li></ul><p>Everyone’s knows that GOODNIGHT MOON is one of a handful of CLASSIC CHILDREN’S BOOKS (the “bowl full of mush” always puzzled me) and I was sure MADELINE was too, but I couldn’t see any others — so decided to put this possible group to one side. In fact, you could say I decided to TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.</p><p>After landing the yellow group I decided that SPACE OPERA and SPAGHETTI WESTERN belonged together and guessed that NEO-NOIR and BUDDY COP could also be labeled as MOVIE SUBGENRES.</p><p>With eight tiles left the titles of children’s books were not popping out for me, so I took a risk connecting things that sounded like you could get trapped in and added JURY DUTY as a random fourth tile.</p><iframe title="How did you do today?" description="Let me know in the comments below" minimumCommentCount="0" class="position-center" data-lazy-priority="low" data-lazy-src=""></iframe><h3 class="article-body__section" id="section-yesterday-s-nyt-connections-answers-saturday-august-8-2026-game-1154"><span>Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, August 8, 2026, game #1154)</span></h3><ul><li><strong>YELLOW: QUAINT EXPRESSIONS OF EXCITEMENT: </strong>HOT DOG, HURRAH, WHOOPEE, YAHOO</li><li><strong>GREEN: CONVEY: </strong>COUCH, EXPRESS, FRAME, PHRASE</li><li><strong>BLUE: WORDS ABBREVIATED WITH LETTERS AS HOMOPHONES: </strong>CUTIE, EASY, EFFECTS, I OWE YOU</li><li><strong>PURPLE: SAFETY _____: </strong>BELT, GOGGLES, PIN, RAZOR</li></ul><section class="article__schema-question"><h3>What is NYT Connections?</h3><article class="article__schema-answer"><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>It's playable for free via the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/games/" target="_blank">NYT Games site</a> on desktop or mobile.</p></article></section> </article> ]]>