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Connections answers for 16 August 2026
Sunday, 16 August 2026 · Puzzle 1162
All four groups for puzzle 1162. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: musical performance
CONCERTGIGSETSHOW
Green: participant
ACTORAGENTPARTYPLAYER
Blue: family relationship modifiers
GRANDGREATHALFSTEP
Purple: descriptors for our human ancestors
FROM NEANDERHANDYUPRIGHTWISE
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 CONCERT.
- Yellow is about: musical performance.
- Green is about: participant.
- Blue is about: family relationship modifiers.
- Purple is about: descriptors for our human ancestors.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 15 August 2026No. 1161
- Day after: 17 August 2026No. 1163
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 16 August 2026?
Yellow (musical performance): CONCERT, GIG, SET, SHOW. Green (participant): ACTOR, AGENT, PARTY, PLAYER. Blue (family relationship modifiers): GRAND, GREAT, HALF, STEP. Purple (descriptors for our human ancestors): FROM NEANDER, HANDY, UPRIGHT, WISE.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was descriptors for our human ancestors.