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Connections answers for 20 August 2026
Thursday, 20 August 2026 · Puzzle 1166
All four groups for puzzle 1166. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: kinds of pizza
DIAVOLAHAWAIIANMEAT LOVERSWHITE
Green: kinds of numbers
ATOMICSERIALSOCIAL SECURITYTELEPHONE
Blue: similarly shaped typographical marks
APOSTROPHECEDILLACOMMAOKINA
Purple: starting with chinese zodiac animals
DRAGONFLYOXFORDPIGMENTRATCHET
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 DIAVOLA.
- Yellow is about: kinds of pizza.
- Green is about: kinds of numbers.
- Blue is about: similarly shaped typographical marks.
- Purple is about: starting with chinese zodiac animals.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 19 August 2026No. 1165
- Day after: 21 August 2026No. 1167
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 20 August 2026?
Yellow (kinds of pizza): DIAVOLA, HAWAIIAN, MEAT LOVERS, WHITE. Green (kinds of numbers): ATOMIC, SERIAL, SOCIAL SECURITY, TELEPHONE. Blue (similarly shaped typographical marks): APOSTROPHE, CEDILLA, COMMA, OKINA. Purple (starting with chinese zodiac animals): DRAGONFLY, OXFORD, PIGMENT, RATCHET.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was starting with chinese zodiac animals.