What is the NYT Connections answer for August 11 (#1157)?

The four groups are DOOMED (DONE, SUNK, THROUGH, TOAST); BASIC CABLE CHANNELS (BET, BRAVO, HISTORY, USA); WORDS IN AN AUCTIONEER'S CHANT (GOING, ONCE, SOLD, TWICE); HOMOPHONES OF FACIAL FEATURES (AYE, HARE, KNOWS, TUNG).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "HOMOPHONES OF FACIAL FEATURES" — 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.

Tuesday, August 11, 2026#1157

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Tuesday, August 11

DailyWordHints Editorial August 11

DOOMED

Easiest

BASIC CABLE CHANNELS

Easy

WORDS IN AN AUCTIONEER'S CHANT

Tricky

HOMOPHONES OF FACIAL FEATURES

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are DOOMED (yellow), BASIC CABLE CHANNELS (green), WORDS IN AN AUCTIONEER'S CHANT (blue), HOMOPHONES OF FACIAL FEATURES (purple).

TOAST

AYE

BRAVO

SOLD

BET

DONE

HISTORY

KNOWS

HARE

GOING

THROUGH

TWICE

ONCE

SUNK

TUNG

USA

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 #1157, Tuesday, August 11. 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 11 (#1157)?: The four groups are DOOMED (DONE, SUNK, THROUGH, TOAST); BASIC CABLE CHANNELS (BET, BRAVO, HISTORY, USA); WORDS IN AN AUCTIONEER'S CHANT (GOING, ONCE, SOLD, TWICE); HOMOPHONES OF FACIAL FEATURES (AYE, HARE, KNOWS, TUNG).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "HOMOPHONES OF FACIAL FEATURES" — 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.