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Connections answers for 21 August 2026

Friday, 21 August 2026 · Puzzle 1167

All four groups for puzzle 1167. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: things most animals need

NUTRITIONOXYGENSLEEPWATER

Green: calls to begin a performance

ACTIONCURTAIN UPPLACESSHOWTIME

Blue: ___ kids

COMEBACKKARATESUNDANCEWIMPY

Purple: once in a ___

BLUE MOONGENERATIONLIFETIMEWHILE

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 NUTRITION.
  2. Yellow is about: things most animals need.
  3. Green is about: calls to begin a performance.
  4. Blue is about: ___ kids.
  5. Purple is about: once in a ___.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 21 August 2026?

Yellow (things most animals need): NUTRITION, OXYGEN, SLEEP, WATER. Green (calls to begin a performance): ACTION, CURTAIN UP, PLACES, SHOWTIME. Blue (___ kids): COMEBACK, KARATE, SUNDANCE, WIMPY. Purple (once in a ___): BLUE MOON, GENERATION, LIFETIME, WHILE.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was once in a ___.

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