What is the NYT Connections answer for August 8 (#1154)?

The four groups are QUAINT EXPRESSIONS OF EXCITEMENT (HOT DOG, HURRAH, WHOOPEE, YAHOO); CONVEY (COUCH, EXPRESS, FRAME, PHRASE); WORDS ABBREVIATED WITH LETTERS AS HOMOPHONES (CUTIE, EASY, EFFECTS, I OWE YOU); SAFETY ___ (BELT, GOGGLES, PIN, RAZOR).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "SAFETY ___" — 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 8, 2026#1154

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Saturday, August 8

DailyWordHints Editorial August 8

QUAINT EXPRESSIONS OF EXCITEMENT

Easiest

CONVEY

Easy

WORDS ABBREVIATED WITH LETTERS AS HOMOPHONES

Tricky

SAFETY ___

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are QUAINT EXPRESSIONS OF EXCITEMENT (yellow), CONVEY (green), WORDS ABBREVIATED WITH LETTERS AS HOMOPHONES (blue), SAFETY ___ (purple).

EASY

WHOOPEE

BELT

GOGGLES

CUTIE

PHRASE

COUCH

HOT DOG

EFFECTS

EXPRESS

RAZOR

I OWE YOU

YAHOO

FRAME

HURRAH

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 #1154, Saturday, August 8. 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 8 (#1154)?: The four groups are QUAINT EXPRESSIONS OF EXCITEMENT (HOT DOG, HURRAH, WHOOPEE, YAHOO); CONVEY (COUCH, EXPRESS, FRAME, PHRASE); WORDS ABBREVIATED WITH LETTERS AS HOMOPHONES (CUTIE, EASY, EFFECTS, I OWE YOU); SAFETY ___ (BELT, GOGGLES, PIN, RAZOR).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "SAFETY ___" — 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.