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Connections answers for 11 August 2026

Tuesday, 11 August 2026 · Puzzle 1157

All four groups for puzzle 1157. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: doomed

DONESUNKTHROUGHTOAST

Green: basic cable channels

BETBRAVOHISTORYUSA

Blue: words in an auctioneer's chant

GOINGONCESOLDTWICE

Purple: homophones of facial features

AYEHAREKNOWSTUNG

Try your groups on today's grid

This is today's grid as the game lays it out. Tap four words that belong together and press Check. We will tell you if it is a group, one word away, or not a group. You get four mistakes, the same as the game.

Mistakes left: ● ● ● ●

Stuck on one group?

Each group opens in three steps: a nudge, then its category, then the four words. Open only as many as you need.

Yellow

Not opened yet.

Green

Not opened yet.

Blue

Not opened yet.

Purple

Not opened yet.

The hints we wrote

  1. Yellow is the easiest group and purple the hardest. One yellow word is DONE.
  2. Yellow is about: doomed.
  3. Green is about: basic cable channels.
  4. Blue is about: words in an auctioneer's chant.
  5. Purple is about: homophones of facial features.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 11 August 2026?

Yellow (doomed): DONE, SUNK, THROUGH, TOAST. Green (basic cable channels): BET, BRAVO, HISTORY, USA. Blue (words in an auctioneer's chant): GOING, ONCE, SOLD, TWICE. Purple (homophones of facial features): AYE, HARE, KNOWS, TUNG.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was homophones of facial features.

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