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Connections answers for 9 August 2026

Sunday, 9 August 2026 · Puzzle 1155

All four groups for puzzle 1155. This page shows the answers in full.

Yellow: take a different approach

CHANGE TACKCOURSE-CORRECTRECALIBRATESHIFT GEARS

Green: classic children's books

CAPS FOR SALECORDUROYGOODNIGHT MOONMADELINE

Blue: movie subgenres

BUDDY COPNEO-NOIRSPACE OPERASPAGHETTI WESTERN

Purple: things people try to get out of

BAD DREAMESCAPE ROOMJURY DUTYLABYRINTH

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 CHANGE TACK.
  2. Yellow is about: take a different approach.
  3. Green is about: classic children's books.
  4. Blue is about: movie subgenres.
  5. Purple is about: things people try to get out of.

Neighbouring days

Questions, answered briefly

What were the Connections answers for 9 August 2026?

Yellow (take a different approach): CHANGE TACK, COURSE-CORRECT, RECALIBRATE, SHIFT GEARS. Green (classic children's books): CAPS FOR SALE, CORDUROY, GOODNIGHT MOON, MADELINE. Blue (movie subgenres): BUDDY COP, NEO-NOIR, SPACE OPERA, SPAGHETTI WESTERN. Purple (things people try to get out of): BAD DREAM, ESCAPE ROOM, JURY DUTY, LABYRINTH.

Which group was hardest?

Purple is the hardest by design. That day it was things people try to get out of.

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