What is the NYT Connections answer for August 10 (#1156)?

The four groups are HAPHAZARDLY (ANY OLD HOW, AT RANDOM, HELTER-SKELTER, WILLY-NILLY); WAYS TO RECEIVE EVENT TICKETS (MAIL DELIVERY, MOBILE TICKET, PRINT-AT-HOME, WILL CALL); SECTIONS ON AN INVOICE (BALANCE DUE, BILL TO, ORDER NUMBER, UNIT PRICE); FAMOUS GOATEES (BILLY GOAT, COLONEL SANDERS, DOCTOR STRANGE, THE DEVIL).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "FAMOUS GOATEES" — 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 10, 2026#1156

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Monday, August 10

DailyWordHints Editorial August 10

HAPHAZARDLY

Easiest

WAYS TO RECEIVE EVENT TICKETS

Easy

SECTIONS ON AN INVOICE

Tricky

FAMOUS GOATEES

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are HAPHAZARDLY (yellow), WAYS TO RECEIVE EVENT TICKETS (green), SECTIONS ON AN INVOICE (blue), FAMOUS GOATEES (purple).

BILLY GOAT

BALANCE DUE

WILLY-NILLY

MAIL DELIVERY

BILL TO

HELTER-SKELTER

WILL CALL

THE DEVIL

DOCTOR STRANGE

ORDER NUMBER

ANY OLD HOW

MOBILE TICKET

UNIT PRICE

COLONEL SANDERS

PRINT-AT-HOME

AT RANDOM

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 #1156, Monday, August 10. 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 10 (#1156)?: The four groups are HAPHAZARDLY (ANY OLD HOW, AT RANDOM, HELTER-SKELTER, WILLY-NILLY); WAYS TO RECEIVE EVENT TICKETS (MAIL DELIVERY, MOBILE TICKET, PRINT-AT-HOME, WILL CALL); SECTIONS ON AN INVOICE (BALANCE DUE, BILL TO, ORDER NUMBER, UNIT PRICE); FAMOUS GOATEES (BILLY GOAT, COLONEL SANDERS, DOCTOR STRANGE, THE DEVIL).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "FAMOUS GOATEES" — 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.