Connections #1168 Answers
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1168 for Saturday, August 22, 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): carpentry tools
- Green: kinds of melon
- Blue: garden hose settings
- Purple (hardest): ___ girls of pop culture
Answers
CARPENTRY TOOLS
CHISEL, HAMMER, PLANE, SAW
KINDS OF MELON
BITTER, MUSK, WATER, WINTER
GARDEN HOSE SETTINGS
CONE, JET, MIST, SHOWER
___ GIRLS OF POP CULTURE
GILMORE, GOLDEN, MEAN, SPICE
Previous Connections answers
- #1167 — things most animals need, calls to begin a performance, ___ kids, once in a ___
- #1166 — kinds of pizza, kinds of numbers, similarly shaped typographical marks, starting with chinese zodiac animals
- #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
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