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Connections answers for 22 August 2026
Saturday, 22 August 2026 · Puzzle 1168
All four groups for puzzle 1168. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: carpentry tools
CHISELHAMMERPLANESAW
Green: kinds of melon
BITTERMUSKWATERWINTER
Blue: garden hose settings
CONEJETMISTSHOWER
Purple: ___ girls of pop culture
GILMOREGOLDENMEANSPICE
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 CHISEL.
- Yellow is about: carpentry tools.
- Green is about: kinds of melon.
- Blue is about: garden hose settings.
- Purple is about: ___ girls of pop culture.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 21 August 2026No. 1167
- Day after: 23 August 2026No. 1169
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 22 August 2026?
Yellow (carpentry tools): CHISEL, HAMMER, PLANE, SAW. Green (kinds of melon): BITTER, MUSK, WATER, WINTER. Blue (garden hose settings): CONE, JET, MIST, SHOWER. Purple (___ girls of pop culture): GILMORE, GOLDEN, MEAN, SPICE.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was ___ girls of pop culture.