India, Aug. 11 -- NYT Connections continues to turn a simple 16-word grid into a daily test of lateral thinking. For Tuesday, August 11, 2026, game #1157 asks players to split the words into four groups of four, with each group linked by a hidden connection. The puzzle has four difficulty levels: yellow, green, blue and purple with yellow generally the most accessible and purple the trickiest.

What is NYT Connections?

Connections is a daily word-association game from The New York Times Games where players receive 16 words and must identify four sets of four related entries. The challenge comes from misleading overlaps, wordplay and less obvious relationships while the game launched in 2023 and has become one of the best-known NYT daily ...