What is the NYT Connections answer for August 1 (#1147)?

The four groups are BEDDING (COMFORTER, SHAM, SHEET, THROW); OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS SINCE 2010 (BALE, JORDAN, PHOENIX, WALTZ); PERFORM SOME HOLE MACHINING OPERATIONS (BORE, COUNTERSINK, DRILL, REAM); STARTING WITH BREAD SHAPES (BOULEVARD, BUNDLE, LOAFER, ROLLS-ROYCE).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "STARTING WITH BREAD SHAPES" — is the trickiest, as it usually relies on wordplay or a hidden connection rather than a straightforward category.

What do the Connections colors mean?

Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest — often involving wordplay or a hidden twist.

Saturday, August 1, 2026#1147

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Saturday, August 1

DailyWordHints Editorial August 1

BEDDING

Easiest

OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS SINCE 2010

Easy

PERFORM SOME HOLE MACHINING OPERATIONS

Tricky

STARTING WITH BREAD SHAPES

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are BEDDING (yellow), OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS SINCE 2010 (green), PERFORM SOME HOLE MACHINING OPERATIONS (blue), STARTING WITH BREAD SHAPES (purple).

WALTZ

LOAFER

SHAM

BORE

REAM

BOULEVARD

SHEET

BALE

THROW

BUNDLE

JORDAN

ROLLS-ROYCE

PHOENIX

DRILL

COMFORTER

COUNTERSINK

Hints by group

yellowEasiest

greenEasy

blueTricky

purpleHardest

Full answers below

Today’s answers

yellowEasiest

greenEasy

blueTricky

purpleHardest

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Today's Connections hints (no answers yet)

Here are spoiler-free nudges for NYT Connections #1147, Saturday, August 1. Reveal one color at a time and work from the easiest group (yellow) to the trickiest (purple).

How to use these hints

Each clue is written so it never names any of the sixteen words — it just points you in the right direction. Open the full answer only once you're truly stuck.

Strategy for solving today's grid

Lock in the group you're most confident about first to shrink the board, but resist the obvious four-of-a-kind — the puzzle almost always plants a word that fits two themes. Save the purple group for last; it usually hides the wordplay twist.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for August 1 (#1147)?: The four groups are BEDDING (COMFORTER, SHAM, SHEET, THROW); OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS SINCE 2010 (BALE, JORDAN, PHOENIX, WALTZ); PERFORM SOME HOLE MACHINING OPERATIONS (BORE, COUNTERSINK, DRILL, REAM); STARTING WITH BREAD SHAPES (BOULEVARD, BUNDLE, LOAFER, ROLLS-ROYCE).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "STARTING WITH BREAD SHAPES" — is the trickiest, as it usually relies on wordplay or a hidden connection rather than a straightforward category.
What do the Connections colors mean?: Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest — often involving wordplay or a hidden twist.