Connections #1164 Answers
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1164 for Tuesday, August 18, 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): seen at a movie premiere
- Green: pjs
- Blue: things that are orange
- Purple (hardest): things that are gritty
Answers
SEEN AT A MOVIE PREMIERE
LIMOUSINE, PAPARAZZI, RED CARPET, VELVET ROPE
PJS
PETROLEUM JELLY, POETIC JUSTICE, PRACTICAL JOKE, PRIVATE JET
THINGS THAT ARE ORANGE
BASKETBALL, ORANGUTAN, SWEET POTATO, TRAFFIC CONE
THINGS THAT ARE GRITTY
COWBOY COFFEE, FILM NOIR, FLYERS MASCOT, SANDPAPER
Previous Connections answers
- #1163 — video call platforms, spreadsheet features, first names of country music legends, starting with pets
- #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
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