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Connections answers for 17 August 2026
Monday, 17 August 2026 · Puzzle 1163
All four groups for puzzle 1163. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: video call platforms
HUDDLEMEETTEAMSZOOM
Green: spreadsheet features
FORMULAFUNCTIONMACROSCRIPT
Blue: first names of country music legends
DOLLYJOHNNYPATSYWILLIE
Purple: starting with pets
BIRDIECATTLEDOGIEFISHEYE
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 HUDDLE.
- Yellow is about: video call platforms.
- Green is about: spreadsheet features.
- Blue is about: first names of country music legends.
- Purple is about: starting with pets.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 16 August 2026No. 1162
- Day after: 18 August 2026No. 1164
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 17 August 2026?
Yellow (video call platforms): HUDDLE, MEET, TEAMS, ZOOM. Green (spreadsheet features): FORMULA, FUNCTION, MACRO, SCRIPT. Blue (first names of country music legends): DOLLY, JOHNNY, PATSY, WILLIE. Purple (starting with pets): BIRDIE, CATTLE, DOGIE, FISHEYE.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was starting with pets.