It only takes one bad day to lose that streak. But everyone deserves an off day every now and then! If the grid’s just not clicking today, we’ve got your back.
We’ve got subtle hints and full answers here so your streak can live to see another day!
Click here to play today’s NYT Connections puzzle!
Connections hint for Tuesday 11th August
Here are your Connections hints for today:
- 🟨 Yellow hint: When the game is already lost.
- 🟩 Green hint: Before streaming.
- 🟦 Blue hint: Words heard before the hammer falls.
- 🟪 Purple hint: Familiar features can be heard here…
- Extra hint 1: One group is more about what you can hear than what you can see.
- Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter ‘T’
If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:
- 🟨 Yellow: Through
- 🟩 Green: BET
- 🟦 Blue: Going
- 🟪 Purple: Hare
Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections groups are revealed just below!
Today’s Connections groups revealed
If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today’s Connections puzzle, below we’ll reveal the four correct Connections groups – the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.
Here are the Connections groups for today:
- 🟨 Yellow: Doomed
- 🟩 Green: Basic Cable Channels
- 🟦 Blue: Words in an Auctioneer’s Chant
- 🟪 Purple: Homophones of Facial Features
Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today’s puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.
Spoiler warning! Today’s Connections answer lies ahead!
Connections answer today
Here is the answer to today’s Connections puzzle on Tuesday, 11th August:
- 🟨 Yellow: Doomed (Done, Sunk, Through, Toast)
- 🟩 Green: Basic Cable Channels (BET, Bravo, History, USA)
- 🟦 Blue: Words in an Auctioneer’s Chant (Going, Once, Sold, Twice)
- 🟪 Purple: Homophones of Facial Features (Aye, Hare, Knows, Tung)
Purple is back at it again with another trick to test your Connections skills. It’s easy to get caught up in the appearance of the words on the grid rather than separating their sound! But if you’re ever stuck, reading the words out loud so you can hear them can make all the difference in Connections.
Let us know in the comments below how you found today’s puzzle! Here’s my grid:
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Congratulations if you got today’s Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn’t succeed today, don’t worry – a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!