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Connections answers for 12 August 2026
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 · Puzzle 1158
All four groups for puzzle 1158. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: hold onto, as a feeling
FOSTERHARBORMAINTAINNURSE
Green: kinds of frogs
BULLGREENPOISON DARTTREE
Blue: nbc sitcom surnames
BENESBINGLEMONSCOTT
Purple: starting with affirmative responses
FINE PRINTGOODBYEGREAT WHITEOKAYAMA
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 FOSTER.
- Yellow is about: hold onto, as a feeling.
- Green is about: kinds of frogs.
- Blue is about: nbc sitcom surnames.
- Purple is about: starting with affirmative responses.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 11 August 2026No. 1157
- Day after: 13 August 2026No. 1159
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 12 August 2026?
Yellow (hold onto, as a feeling): FOSTER, HARBOR, MAINTAIN, NURSE. Green (kinds of frogs): BULL, GREEN, POISON DART, TREE. Blue (nbc sitcom surnames): BENES, BING, LEMON, SCOTT. Purple (starting with affirmative responses): FINE PRINT, GOODBYE, GREAT WHITE, OKAYAMA.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was starting with affirmative responses.