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Connections answers for 15 August 2026

Saturday, 15 August 2026 · Puzzle 1161

All four groups for puzzle 1161. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: exhausted

BEATFRIEDSPENTWORN OUT

Green: segment

LEGPHASESTAGESTRETCH

Blue: ending in units of length

CHAMOMILEGRINCHHOTFOOTLANYARD

Purple: ending in synonyms for follow secretly

BEANSTALKEYESHADOWHIGHTAILSOUNDTRACK

Try your groups on today's grid

This is today's grid as the game lays it out. Tap four words that belong together and press Check. We will tell you if it is a group, one word away, or not a group. You get four mistakes, the same as the game.

Mistakes left: ● ● ● ●

Stuck on one group?

Each group opens in three steps: a nudge, then its category, then the four words. Open only as many as you need.

Yellow

Not opened yet.

Green

Not opened yet.

Blue

Not opened yet.

Purple

Not opened yet.

The hints we wrote

  1. Yellow is the easiest group and purple the hardest. One yellow word is BEAT.
  2. Yellow is about: exhausted.
  3. Green is about: segment.
  4. Blue is about: ending in units of length.
  5. Purple is about: ending in synonyms for follow secretly.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 15 August 2026?

Yellow (exhausted): BEAT, FRIED, SPENT, WORN OUT. Green (segment): LEG, PHASE, STAGE, STRETCH. Blue (ending in units of length): CHAMOMILE, GRINCH, HOTFOOT, LANYARD. Purple (ending in synonyms for follow secretly): BEANSTALK, EYESHADOW, HIGHTAIL, SOUNDTRACK.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was ending in synonyms for follow secretly.

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