The New York Times’ Connections puzzle for August 11, 2026 presents a moderately challenging set of word associations, particularly favoring those familiar with television programming. Players seeking assistance can find both subtle hints and complete solutions to today’s puzzle, numbered #1157, to help them progress through the game.
Connections remains one of the most popular word games from the New York Times, challenging players to identify common threads linking groups of four words from a selection of 16. The daily puzzle resets after midnight, with difficulty increasing over time. Players must successfully group all four words in a category to remove them from the board, with a maximum of four incorrect guesses allowed before the game ends. Each category is color-coded by difficulty level, ranging from yellow as the easiest to purple as the most challenging.
Today’s puzzle features four distinct categories: words meaning doomed, names of basic cable television channels, terms found in an auctioneer’s traditional chant, and words that sound like facial features when spoken aloud. The complete solutions reveal groupings of DONE, SUNK, THROUGH, and TOAST; BET, BRAVO, HISTORY, and USA; GOING, ONCE, SOLD, and TWICE; and AYE, HARE, KNOWS, and TUNG respectively.
Like other New York Times games, Connections allows players to share their results on social media after completing the puzzle, making it a popular daily challenge across multiple platforms.
Originally reported by Mashable →
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