What is the NYT Connections answer for August 3 (#1149)?

The four groups are ROAD LESS TRAVELED (ALLEY, BACKSTREET, BYWAY, LANE); SHADES OF GREEN (FOREST, HUNTER, MINT, SAGE); "Y" IS THE ONLY VOWEL (FLY BY, MYRRH, NSYNC, RHYTHM); STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "PESTER" (BUG FIX, NAG CHAMPA, NEEDLESS, TEA SET).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "PESTER"" — 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.

Monday, August 3, 2026#1149

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Monday, August 3

DailyWordHints Editorial August 3

ROAD LESS TRAVELED

Easiest

SHADES OF GREEN

Easy

"Y" IS THE ONLY VOWEL

Tricky

STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "PESTER"

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are ROAD LESS TRAVELED (yellow), SHADES OF GREEN (green), "Y" IS THE ONLY VOWEL (blue), STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "PESTER" (purple).

NEEDLESS

MYRRH

BACKSTREET

TEA SET

NSYNC

SAGE

FLY BY

NAG CHAMPA

MINT

BYWAY

BUG FIX

RHYTHM

FOREST

LANE

HUNTER

ALLEY

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 #1149, Monday, August 3. 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 3 (#1149)?: The four groups are ROAD LESS TRAVELED (ALLEY, BACKSTREET, BYWAY, LANE); SHADES OF GREEN (FOREST, HUNTER, MINT, SAGE); "Y" IS THE ONLY VOWEL (FLY BY, MYRRH, NSYNC, RHYTHM); STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "PESTER" (BUG FIX, NAG CHAMPA, NEEDLESS, TEA SET).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "PESTER"" — 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.