Connections #1171 Answers
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1171 for Tuesday, August 25, 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): surface-level
- Green: sci-fi phenomena
- Blue: stephen king film adaptations, with "the"
- Purple (hardest): ending in ice cream orders
Answers
SURFACE-LEVEL
COSMETIC, ONE-DIMENSIONAL, SKIN-DEEP, SUPERFICIAL
SCI-FI PHENOMENA
HYPERSPACE, PARALLEL UNIVERSE, TELEPORTATION, TIME WARP
STEPHEN KING FILM ADAPTATIONS, WITH "THE"
GREEN MILE, LONG WALK, RUNNING MAN, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
ENDING IN ICE CREAM ORDERS
HARLEM SHAKE, INSIDE SCOOP, LICKETY-SPLIT, TRAFFIC CONE
Previous Connections answers
- #1170 — fish, principal, pro-wrestling lingo, letter homophone plus tennis term
- #1169 — potentially explosive things, double vowels, made with potatoes, household stain removers
- #1168 — carpentry tools, kinds of melon, garden hose settings, ___ girls of pop culture
- #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
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