Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Aug. 31, #1177 - CNET

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Here are hints and the answers for today's NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 31, 2026. Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has really fun blue and purple categories. 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: Think of a long, hollow container. Blue group hint: Words for old-time leaders. Purple group hint: You put soup in this. Yellow group: Things that come in tubes. Green group: Warnings on a shipping box. Blue group: Historical sovereign titles. The four answers are lipstick, poster, tennis balls and toothpaste. The theme is warnings on a shipping box. The four answers are fragile, heavy, perishable and this side up. The theme is historical sovereign titles. The four answers are caliph, khan, patriarch and shogun. The fo