Here are hints and the answers for today's NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 21, 2026.
Today’s Connections puzzle features some red herrings. I spotted Oxygen, Showtime, Sundance and Lifetime and, of course, thought “cable channels” would be a category. It’s rarely that easy though. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers.
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Important things to have.
Green group: Calls to begin a performance.
The four answers are nutrition, oxygen, sleep and water.
The theme is calls to begin a performance.
The four answers are action, curtain up, places and showtime.
The four answers are comeback, karate, sundance and wimpy.
The four answers are blue moon, generation, lifetime and while.