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Connections answers for 28 August 2026

Friday, 28 August 2026 · Puzzle 1174

All four groups for puzzle 1174. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: bedtime parting words

NIGHTREST EASYSLEEP TIGHTSWEET DREAMS

Green: palindromes

MOMNOONSISTOP SPOT

Blue: modern add-ons/combining forms

BROCODEDERAMAXXING

Purple: top of the ___

HOURLINEMORNINGPOPS

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 NIGHT.
  2. Yellow is about: bedtime parting words.
  3. Green is about: palindromes.
  4. Blue is about: modern add-ons/combining forms.
  5. Purple is about: top of the ___.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 28 August 2026?

Yellow (bedtime parting words): NIGHT, REST EASY, SLEEP TIGHT, SWEET DREAMS. Green (palindromes): MOM, NOON, SIS, TOP SPOT. Blue (modern add-ons/combining forms): BRO, CODED, ERA, MAXXING. Purple (top of the ___): HOUR, LINE, MORNING, POPS.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was top of the ___.

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