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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
- Yellow is the easiest group and purple the hardest. One yellow word is DONE.
- Yellow is about: doomed.
- Green is about: basic cable channels.
- Blue is about: words in an auctioneer's chant.
- Purple is about: homophones of facial features.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 10 August 2026No. 1156
- Day after: 12 August 2026No. 1158
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.