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Connections answers for 25 August 2026
Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · Puzzle 1171
All four groups for puzzle 1171. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: surface-level
COSMETICONE-DIMENSIONALSKIN-DEEPSUPERFICIAL
Green: sci-fi phenomena
HYPERSPACEPARALLEL UNIVERSETELEPORTATIONTIME WARP
Blue: stephen king film adaptations, with "the"
GREEN MILELONG WALKRUNNING MANSHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Purple: ending in ice cream orders
HARLEM SHAKEINSIDE SCOOPLICKETY-SPLITTRAFFIC CONE
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 COSMETIC.
- Yellow is about: surface-level.
- Green is about: sci-fi phenomena.
- Blue is about: stephen king film adaptations, with "the".
- Purple is about: ending in ice cream orders.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 24 August 2026No. 1170
- Day after: 26 August 2026No. 1172
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 25 August 2026?
Yellow (surface-level): COSMETIC, ONE-DIMENSIONAL, SKIN-DEEP, SUPERFICIAL. Green (sci-fi phenomena): HYPERSPACE, PARALLEL UNIVERSE, TELEPORTATION, TIME WARP. Blue (stephen king film adaptations, with "the"): GREEN MILE, LONG WALK, RUNNING MAN, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. Purple (ending in ice cream orders): HARLEM SHAKE, INSIDE SCOOP, LICKETY-SPLIT, TRAFFIC CONE.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was ending in ice cream orders.