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Connections answers for 31 August 2026
Monday, 31 August 2026 · Puzzle 1177
All four groups for puzzle 1177. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: things that come in tubes
LIPSTICKPOSTERTENNIS BALLSTOOTHPASTE
Green: warnings on a shipping box
FRAGILEHEAVYPERISHABLETHIS SIDE UP
Blue: historical sovereign titles
CALIPHKHANPHARAOHSHOGUN
Purple: ___ bowl
DUSTPOKESALADSUPER
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 LIPSTICK.
- Yellow is about: things that come in tubes.
- Green is about: warnings on a shipping box.
- Blue is about: historical sovereign titles.
- Purple is about: ___ bowl.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 30 August 2026No. 1176
- Day after: 1 September 2026No. 1178
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 31 August 2026?
Yellow (things that come in tubes): LIPSTICK, POSTER, TENNIS BALLS, TOOTHPASTE. Green (warnings on a shipping box): FRAGILE, HEAVY, PERISHABLE, THIS SIDE UP. Blue (historical sovereign titles): CALIPH, KHAN, PHARAOH, SHOGUN. Purple (___ bowl): DUST, POKE, SALAD, SUPER.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was ___ bowl.