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Connections answers for 3 August 2026

Monday, 3 August 2026 · Puzzle 1149

All four groups for puzzle 1149. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: road less traveled

ALLEYBACKSTREETBYWAYLANE

Green: shades of green

FORESTHUNTERMINTSAGE

Blue: "y" is the only vowel

FLY BYMYRRHNSYNCRHYTHM

Purple: starting with synonyms for "pester"

BUG FIXNAG CHAMPANEEDLESSTEA SET

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 ALLEY.
  2. Yellow is about: road less traveled.
  3. Green is about: shades of green.
  4. Blue is about: "y" is the only vowel.
  5. Purple is about: starting with synonyms for "pester".

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 3 August 2026?

Yellow (road less traveled): ALLEY, BACKSTREET, BYWAY, LANE. Green (shades of green): FOREST, HUNTER, MINT, SAGE. Blue ("y" is the only vowel): FLY BY, MYRRH, NSYNC, RHYTHM. Purple (starting with synonyms for "pester"): BUG FIX, NAG CHAMPA, NEEDLESS, TEA SET.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was starting with synonyms for "pester".

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