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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
- Yellow is the easiest group and purple the hardest. One yellow word is BEAT.
- Yellow is about: exhausted.
- Green is about: segment.
- Blue is about: ending in units of length.
- Purple is about: ending in synonyms for follow secretly.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 14 August 2026No. 1160
- Day after: 16 August 2026No. 1162
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.