Connections archive · Puzzle #1173
NYT Connections Hints & Answers — August 27, 2026 (#1173)
Group hints and answers for the NYT Connections puzzle on . Get a spoiler-free nudge for each group, or reveal the full solution — your call.
Difficulty: Hard
Spoiler control
Choose how much to reveal
Reveal one step at a time — nudges first, full answers only if you ask.
1. Group nudges spoiler-free
- Yellow: Sources of a jolt — some animal, some weather, some Nintendo.
- Green: How you look when a scene hits and you can’t quite talk.
- Blue: Color names you’d pick for a dove, a roof, or a kitchen faucet.
- Purple: Stick a single letter on the front of a genre and you get a new word.
2. One word from each group a foothold
- Yellow: ELECTRIC EEL
- Green: CHOKED UP
- Blue: ASH
- Purple: BROCK
3. The four category names no words yet
- Yellow: ELECTRIC THINGS
- Green: MOVED TO TEARS
- Blue: SHADES OF GRAY
- Purple: MUSIC GENRE PLUS STARTING LETTER
4. Reveal groups one by one
Yellow group
ELECTRIC THINGS
- ELECTRIC EEL
- LIGHTNING
- LIVE WIRE
- PIKACHU
Green group
MOVED TO TEARS
- CHOKED UP
- EMOTIONAL
- MISTY
- OVERCOME
Blue group
SHADES OF GRAY
- ASH
- DOVE
- PEWTER
- SLATE
Purple group
MUSIC GENRE PLUS STARTING LETTER
- BROCK
- NEMO
- SPUNK
- WRAP
5. Reveal everything full spoilers
Yellow — ELECTRIC THINGS
- ELECTRIC EEL
- LIGHTNING
- LIVE WIRE
- PIKACHU
Green — MOVED TO TEARS
- CHOKED UP
- EMOTIONAL
- MISTY
- OVERCOME
Blue — SHADES OF GRAY
- ASH
- DOVE
- PEWTER
- SLATE
Purple — MUSIC GENRE PLUS STARTING LETTER
- BROCK
- NEMO
- SPUNK
- WRAP
NYT Connections #1173 — quick answers
What are today's Connections categories?
ELECTRIC THINGS; MOVED TO TEARS; SHADES OF GRAY; MUSIC GENRE PLUS STARTING LETTER.
What are all the answers?
- ELECTRIC THINGS: ELECTRIC EEL, LIGHTNING, LIVE WIRE, PIKACHU
- MOVED TO TEARS: CHOKED UP, EMOTIONAL, MISTY, OVERCOME
- SHADES OF GRAY: ASH, DOVE, PEWTER, SLATE
- MUSIC GENRE PLUS STARTING LETTER: BROCK, NEMO, SPUNK, WRAP
Also for: Connections hints 8/27/26, 8-27-26, 8 27 26, 8/27/2026, and puzzle #1173.
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Today's puzzle, in a nutshell
Yellow is voltage in the wild. Green is the lump-in-the-throat set. Blue is gray paint chips. Purple adds one letter to a music genre: B-rock, N-emo, S-punk, W-rap.