The New York Times Connections puzzle for Monday, August 24, 2026, presents players with four distinct groups of words to solve. For those seeking assistance, hints are available for each category, culminating in the complete answer set.
The puzzle offers a variety of themes, including aquatic life, leadership terms, professional wrestling jargon, and a combination of letter homophones and tennis terminology.
Hints for the four categories are as follows: the yellow group relates to fish, the green group to terms for being in charge, the blue group to vocabulary used in professional wrestling, and the purple group involves homophones of letters alongside a tennis term.
The complete breakdown of the Connections groups for August 24, 2026, is:
Yellow: Fish (Mullet, Pike, Sole, Tang) Green: Principal (Arch, Chief, Main, Prime) Blue: Pro-Wrestling Lingo (Face, Heel, Jobber, Kayfabe) Purple: Letter Homophone Plus Tennis Term (Beset, Deserve, Ex-Love, Eyelet)
This puzzle follows the daily release schedule of the Connections game, with a new grid appearing each day at midnight.