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Connections answers for 29 August 2026
Saturday, 29 August 2026 · Puzzle 1175
All four groups for puzzle 1175. This page shows the answers in full.
Yellow: under the hood of a car
ALTERNATORBATTERYENGINERADIATOR
Green: kinds of salad
CHOPPEDGREEKHOUSEWEDGE
Blue: keyboard keys
CONTROLESCAPESHIFTSPACE
Purple: starting with figures from greek myth
AT LASTHERALDHYDRANTTRITONE
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 ALTERNATOR.
- Yellow is about: under the hood of a car.
- Green is about: kinds of salad.
- Blue is about: keyboard keys.
- Purple is about: starting with figures from greek myth.
Neighbouring days
- Day before: 28 August 2026No. 1174
- Day after: 30 August 2026No. 1176
Questions, answered briefly
What were the Connections answers for 29 August 2026?
Yellow (under the hood of a car): ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, ENGINE, RADIATOR. Green (kinds of salad): CHOPPED, GREEK, HOUSE, WEDGE. Blue (keyboard keys): CONTROL, ESCAPE, SHIFT, SPACE. Purple (starting with figures from greek myth): AT LAST, HERALD, HYDRANT, TRITONE.
Which group was hardest?
Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was starting with figures from greek myth.