What is the NYT Connections answer for August 29 (#1175)?

The four groups are UNDER THE HOOD OF A CAR (ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, ENGINE, RADIATOR); KINDS OF SALAD (CHOPPED, GREEK, HOUSE, WEDGE); KEYBOARD KEYS (CONTROL, ESCAPE, SHIFT, SPACE); STARTING WITH FIGURES FROM GREEK MYTH (AT LAST, HERALD, HYDRANT, TRITONE).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "STARTING WITH FIGURES FROM GREEK MYTH" — 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 29, 2026#1175

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Saturday, August 29

DailyWordHints Editorial August 29

UNDER THE HOOD OF A CAR

Easiest

KINDS OF SALAD

Easy

KEYBOARD KEYS

Tricky

STARTING WITH FIGURES FROM GREEK MYTH

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are UNDER THE HOOD OF A CAR (yellow), KINDS OF SALAD (green), KEYBOARD KEYS (blue), STARTING WITH FIGURES FROM GREEK MYTH (purple).

GREEK

HYDRANT

BATTERY

HOUSE

TRITONE

ENGINE

ESCAPE

AT LAST

WEDGE

SPACE

RADIATOR

CHOPPED

CONTROL

HERALD

SHIFT

ALTERNATOR

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 #1175, Saturday, August 29. 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.

Watch out for the decoy

A classic trap today: "GREEK" looks like it belongs with "STARTING WITH FIGURES FROM GREEK MYTH", but it doesn't. Double-check any word that seems to fit two groups before you commit.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for August 29 (#1175)?: The four groups are UNDER THE HOOD OF A CAR (ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, ENGINE, RADIATOR); KINDS OF SALAD (CHOPPED, GREEK, HOUSE, WEDGE); KEYBOARD KEYS (CONTROL, ESCAPE, SHIFT, SPACE); STARTING WITH FIGURES FROM GREEK MYTH (AT LAST, HERALD, HYDRANT, TRITONE).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "STARTING WITH FIGURES FROM GREEK MYTH" — 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.