New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The NYT Connections answers today, for Tuesday, August 25, 2026, solve puzzle #1171. The four groups are adjectives for things with no depth, science-fiction staples, Stephen King films that all take a "The", and four phrases that end in an ice cream order.

The grid runs on one piece of misdirection, and it is a good one. ONE-DIMENSIONAL is the most science-fictional word on the board. It is not in the science-fiction group.

Connections Hints Today, August 25, 2026 (#1171)

Yellow: four ways of saying there is nothing underneath.

Green: four things that happen constantly on screen and never once in a laboratory.

Blue: put "The" in front of each one and you have four films from a single novelist.

Purple: ignore t...