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Connections answers for 19 August 2026
Wednesday, 19 August 2026 · Puzzle 1165
All four groups for puzzle 1165. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: piece of cake
BREEZECINCHPICNICSNAP
Green: conceal
BLANKETHIDEMASKOBSCURE
Blue: words before "ball" in sport names
BASEBASKETFOOTPICKLE
Purple: homophones of cgi-animated films
ANTSCOCOARHEOSEOUL
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 BREEZE.
- Yellow is about: piece of cake.
- Green is about: conceal.
- Blue is about: words before "ball" in sport names.
- Purple is about: homophones of cgi-animated films.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 18 August 2026No. 1164
- Day after: 20 August 2026No. 1166
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 19 August 2026?
Yellow (piece of cake): BREEZE, CINCH, PICNIC, SNAP. Green (conceal): BLANKET, HIDE, MASK, OBSCURE. Blue (words before "ball" in sport names): BASE, BASKET, FOOT, PICKLE. Purple (homophones of cgi-animated films): ANTS, COCOA, RHEO, SEOUL.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was homophones of cgi-animated films.