Need help with NYT Connections for August 27, 2026? This is puzzle #1173. Start with the spoiler-safe clues below; the full categories and word groups are farther down.
Spoiler-safe hints for August 27
Use these clues in order, stopping as soon as you have enough to continue. They point toward each group without giving away its four words.
- Yellow: Look for things associated with electricity.
- Green: Think of people becoming tearful or emotionally affected.
- Blue: Look for names of gray shades.
- Purple: Consider music genres with one extra starting letter.
How to reveal only the help you need
Try the category that feels clearest first, then use only its hint. A useful test is whether one precise rule fits all four words in a group; a loose association can lead you to combine words that do not belong together. Reveal a category or its answers only if you are still stuck.
Full answers for Connections #1173
Spoilers below. The four categories and their words are:
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- Yellow — ELECTRIC THINGS: ELECTRIC EEL, LIGHTNING, LIVE WIRE, PIKACHU.
- Green — MOVED TO TEARS: CHOKED UP, EMOTIONAL, MISTY, OVERCOME.
- Blue — SHADES OF GRAY: ASH, DOVE, PEWTER, SLATE.
- Purple — MUSIC GENRE PLUS STARTING LETTER: BROCK, NEMO, SPUNK, WRAP.
Why the purple words fit
Remove the first letter from each word and what remains is a music genre: BROCK becomes ROCK, NEMO becomes EMO, SPUNK becomes PUNK, and WRAP becomes RAP. The extra letter is the shared twist in this group.
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The date here means August 27, 2026, the archive date for puzzle #1173. Connections boards differ by date, so an August 27 puzzle from another year has different answers. HintCorner’s August 27, 2026 archive and WordHint’s guide for the same date list the same categories and word groupings.
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