Connections #1166 Answers
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1166 for Thursday, August 20, 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): kinds of pizza
- Green: kinds of numbers
- Blue: similarly shaped typographical marks
- Purple (hardest): starting with chinese zodiac animals
Answers
KINDS OF PIZZA
DIAVOLA, HAWAIIAN, MEAT LOVERS, WHITE
KINDS OF NUMBERS
ATOMIC, SERIAL, SOCIAL SECURITY, TELEPHONE
SIMILARLY SHAPED TYPOGRAPHICAL MARKS
APOSTROPHE, CEDILLA, COMMA, OKINA
STARTING WITH CHINESE ZODIAC ANIMALS
DRAGONFLY, OXFORD, PIGMENT, RATCHET
Previous Connections answers
- #1165 — piece of cake, conceal, words before "ball" in sport names, homophones of cgi-animated films
- #1164 — seen at a movie premiere, pjs, things that are orange, things that are gritty
- #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
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