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Connections answers for 8 August 2026

Saturday, 8 August 2026 · Puzzle 1154

All four groups for puzzle 1154. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: quaint expressions of excitement

HOT DOGHURRAHWHOOPEEYAHOO

Green: convey

COUCHEXPRESSFRAMEPHRASE

Blue: words abbreviated with letters as homophones

CUTIEEASYEFFECTSI OWE YOU

Purple: safety ___

BELTGOGGLESPINRAZOR

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 HOT DOG.
  2. Yellow is about: quaint expressions of excitement.
  3. Green is about: convey.
  4. Blue is about: words abbreviated with letters as homophones.
  5. Purple is about: safety ___.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 8 August 2026?

Yellow (quaint expressions of excitement): HOT DOG, HURRAH, WHOOPEE, YAHOO. Green (convey): COUCH, EXPRESS, FRAME, PHRASE. Blue (words abbreviated with letters as homophones): CUTIE, EASY, EFFECTS, I OWE YOU. Purple (safety ___): BELT, GOGGLES, PIN, RAZOR.

Which group was hardest?

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

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