Solving the Puzzle: A Guide to Today's NYT Connections

Read on for help with today's Connections #1161.

Today is a good day. No need to ruin it by losing that extended Connections streak! Not when you've got the RPS Connections Companion to consult, after all.

This guide contains subtle hints and full answers to any Connections puzzle, and it's back each and every day with fresh tips.

Click here to play today's NYT Connections puzzle!

Here are your Connections hints for today:

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Sunday, 16th August:

Did the yellow and green groups trip up anyone else or was it just me? Both groups were similarly related. Player and Concert? Actor and Show? You can't tell me they don't sound like they're from the same group! But then again, maybe that's exactly the kind of trickery that brought you here today.

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!

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