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Connections August 24, 2026: Hints & Answers (#1250)

edited by Wyna Liu.

Recap

The connections for August 24, 2026, included a group of ocean fish, terms for top positions, vocabulary from professional wrestling, and phrases combining letter homophones with tennis terms.

The sixteen tiles

The sixteen tiles as dealt. Reveal a group below to tint and caption its tiles here.

SOLEDESERVEMAINEYELETHEELPRIMEEX-LOVEARCHMULLETKAYFABEBESETPIKEFACETANGCHIEFJOBBER

Connections hints, one rung at a time

Six rungs, softest first. The recap above already named the groups, so this ladder is here for anyone replaying the board fresh rather than as a spoiler shield.

  1. Four one-line nudges, one per group

    The softest hint there is.

    Yellow
    Ocean dwellers
    Green
    Top position
    Blue
    Wrestling terms
    Purple
    Wordplay with letters
  2. What linked each group, described

    Still no titles and no tiles named.

    Yellow group

    These four names are all types of marine animals that live in the water.

    Green group

    These words all describe a leading or most important role in different contexts.

    Blue group

    These four phrases are all part of the vocabulary used in professional wrestling.

    Purple group

    Each of these phrases involves a play on words with a letter and a term from tennis.

  3. Board facts

    Counted off the sixteen printed tiles.

    Sixteen tiles, four groups of four, ordered yellow → green → blue → purple from most to least obvious. Every tile was a single word.

    Tiles
    16 across 4 groups
    Longest tile
    7 characters
    Shortest tile
    4 characters
    Multi-word tiles
    0
    Back to the sixteen tiles
  4. The trap on this board

    Which tiles pulled in two directions.

    Some cards could fit into more than one group, especially 'MAIN' and 'PRIME', which could both relate to importance or sequence. Be cautious with 'FACE' and 'EYELET', which might seem out of place.

  5. The four category titles

    Half the answer.

    Yellow
    FISH
    Green
    PRINCIPAL
    Blue
    PRO-WRESTLING LINGO
    Purple
    LETTER HOMOPHONE PLUS TENNIS TERM
  6. One tile from each group

    The anchor most people misplaced, matched to its title.

    Yellow — FISH
    TANG
    Green — PRINCIPAL
    PRIME
    Blue — PRO-WRESTLING LINGO
    KAYFABE
    Purple — LETTER HOMOPHONE PLUS TENNIS TERM
    EX-LOVE
    Open the full groupings

Every Connections group from that board

All four groups, folded. Opening one tints its four tiles above and captions them with the category name.

  • Yellow group · 4 tiles

    FISH

    MULLET, PIKE, SOLE, TANG. The yellow group, 'FISH', consists of 'MULLET', 'PIKE', 'SOLE', 'TANG'.

  • Green group · 4 tiles

    PRINCIPAL

    ARCH, CHIEF, MAIN, PRIME. The green group, 'PRINCIPAL', consists of 'ARCH', 'CHIEF', 'MAIN', 'PRIME'.

  • Blue group · 4 tiles

    PRO-WRESTLING LINGO

    FACE, HEEL, JOBBER, KAYFABE. The blue group, 'PRO-WRESTLING LINGO', consists of 'FACE', 'HEEL', 'JOBBER', 'KAYFABE'.

  • Purple group · 4 tiles

    LETTER HOMOPHONE PLUS TENNIS TERM

    BESET, DESERVE, EX-LOVE, EYELET. The purple group, 'LETTER HOMOPHONE PLUS TENNIS TERM', consists of 'BESET', 'DESERVE', 'EX-LOVE', 'EYELET'.

This board by the numbers

Puzzle
(#1250) · Monday, August 24, 2026
Tiles
16 in a 4 × 4 grid
Groups
4, yellow to purple
Multi-word tiles
0
Longest tile
KAYFABE
Mistakes allowed
4 before the board locked

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