Connections #1163 Answers
Monday, August 17, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1163 for Monday, August 17, 2026. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): video call platforms
- Green: spreadsheet features
- Blue: first names of country music legends
- Purple (hardest): starting with pets
Answers
VIDEO CALL PLATFORMS
HUDDLE, MEET, TEAMS, ZOOM
SPREADSHEET FEATURES
FORMULA, FUNCTION, MACRO, SCRIPT
FIRST NAMES OF COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS
DOLLY, JOHNNY, PATSY, WILLIE
STARTING WITH PETS
BIRDIE, CATTLE, DOGIE, FISHEYE
Previous Connections answers
- #1162 — musical performance, participant, family relationship modifiers, descriptors for our human ancestors
- #1161 — exhausted, segment, ending in units of length, ending in synonyms for follow secretly
- #1160 — black-and-yellow, places where everyone thinks the same ways, comic book artist's tools, triangle logos
- #1159 — persevere, move slowly (up to), airline status perks, "cold" things, in idioms
- #1158 — hold onto, as a feeling, kinds of frogs, nbc sitcom surnames, starting with affirmative responses
- #1157 — doomed, basic cable channels, words in an auctioneer's chant, homophones of facial features
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