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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

  1. Yellow is the easiest group and purple the hardest. One yellow word is FOSTER.
  2. Yellow is about: hold onto, as a feeling.
  3. Green is about: kinds of frogs.
  4. Blue is about: nbc sitcom surnames.
  5. Purple is about: starting with affirmative responses.

Neighbouring days

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.

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