Connections #1175 Answers
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1175 for Saturday, August 29, 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): under the hood of a car
- Green: kinds of salad
- Blue: keyboard keys
- Purple (hardest): starting with figures from greek myth
Answers
UNDER THE HOOD OF A CAR
ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, ENGINE, RADIATOR
KINDS OF SALAD
CHOPPED, GREEK, HOUSE, WEDGE
KEYBOARD KEYS
CONTROL, ESCAPE, SHIFT, SPACE
STARTING WITH FIGURES FROM GREEK MYTH
AT LAST, HERALD, HYDRANT, TRITONE
Previous Connections answers
- #1174 — bedtime parting words, palindromes, modern add-ons/combining forms, top of the ___
- #1173 — electric things, moved to tears, shades of gray, music genre plus starting letter
- #1172 — "there you have it!", knack, what "p" might stand for, key ___
- #1171 — surface-level, sci-fi phenomena, stephen king film adaptations, with "the", ending in ice cream orders
- #1170 — fish, principal, pro-wrestling lingo, letter homophone plus tennis term
- #1169 — potentially explosive things, double vowels, made with potatoes, household stain removers
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