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Connections answers for 24 August 2026

Monday, 24 August 2026 · Puzzle 1170

All four groups for puzzle 1170. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: fish

MULLETPIKESOLETANG

Green: principal

ARCHCHIEFMAINPRIME

Blue: pro-wrestling lingo

FACEHEELJOBBERKAYFABE

Purple: letter homophone plus tennis term

BESETDESERVEEX-LOVEEYELET

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 MULLET.
  2. Yellow is about: fish.
  3. Green is about: principal.
  4. Blue is about: pro-wrestling lingo.
  5. Purple is about: letter homophone plus tennis term.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 24 August 2026?

Yellow (fish): MULLET, PIKE, SOLE, TANG. Green (principal): ARCH, CHIEF, MAIN, PRIME. Blue (pro-wrestling lingo): FACE, HEEL, JOBBER, KAYFABE. Purple (letter homophone plus tennis term): BESET, DESERVE, EX-LOVE, EYELET.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was letter homophone plus tennis term.

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