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Connections answers for 27 August 2026
Thursday, 27 August 2026 · Puzzle 1173
All four groups for puzzle 1173. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: electric things
ELECTRIC EELLIGHTNINGLIVE WIREPIKACHU
Green: moved to tears
CHOKED UPEMOTIONALMISTYOVERCOME
Blue: shades of gray
ASHDOVEPEWTERSLATE
Purple: music genre plus starting letter
BROCKNEMOSPUNKWRAP
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 ELECTRIC EEL.
- Yellow is about: electric things.
- Green is about: moved to tears.
- Blue is about: shades of gray.
- Purple is about: music genre plus starting letter.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 26 August 2026No. 1172
- Day after: 28 August 2026No. 1174
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 27 August 2026?
Yellow (electric things): ELECTRIC EEL, LIGHTNING, LIVE WIRE, PIKACHU. Green (moved to tears): CHOKED UP, EMOTIONAL, MISTY, OVERCOME. Blue (shades of gray): ASH, DOVE, PEWTER, SLATE. Purple (music genre plus starting letter): BROCK, NEMO, SPUNK, WRAP.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was music genre plus starting letter.