Today’s NYT Connections puzzle for August 24, 2026 (#1170) features fish, principal synonyms, pro-wrestling terms and a tricky tennis-themed wordplay group.
NYT Connections hints for August 24
- Yellow: Think about creatures you might find swimming underwater.
- Green: Each word can describe something that is primary, leading or most important.
- Blue: Step into the world of professional wrestling and think about terms used for performers, roles and storytelling.
- Purple: Say the beginning of each word aloud. It sounds like a letter, followed by something connected to tennis.
Fish clue: All four answers are names of fish. Try thinking across different kinds rather than looking for another hidden connection between the words.
Principal clue: Here, “principal” means chief, primary or most important. Look for four words that can carry a similar meaning.
Wrestling clue: These words belong to professional wrestling vocabulary. Some describe character roles, while others refer to performers or the fictional presentation of wrestling storylines.
Tennis wordplay clue: Break each answer into sounds. The first part sounds like a letter of the alphabet, while the remaining sound relates to a tennis term.
Today’s NYT Connections answers
Reveal the Yellow Group
Category: Fish
Answers: MULLET, PIKE, SOLE, TANG
All four answers are types of fish. A mullet and pike are familiar fish names, sole refers to a family of flatfish, and tang is the name used for colorful tropical marine fish commonly associated with coral reefs.
Reveal the Green Group
Category: Principal
Answers: ARCH, CHIEF, MAIN, PRIME
Each word can convey the idea of being principal, leading or foremost. CHIEF, MAIN and PRIME make that relationship relatively easy to spot, while ARCH is the less obvious member of the group and can mean chief or principal when used as a combining form or modifier.
Reveal the Blue Group
Category: Pro-wrestling lingo
Answers: FACE, HEEL, JOBBER, KAYFABE
These are all terms associated with professional wrestling. A face is generally the heroic character, while a heel plays the villain. A jobber is a wrestler typically used to lose matches and help establish another performer, while kayfabe refers to maintaining wrestling’s fictional storylines and characters as though they were real.
Reveal the Purple Group
Category: Letter homophone plus tennis term
Answers: BESET, DESERVE, EX-LOVE, EYELET
This group uses sound-based wordplay. Each answer can be heard as a letter name followed by a tennis-related term: B + set, D + serve, X + love and I + let. In tennis, a set is part of a match, a serve starts a point, love means zero, and a let can result in a serve being replayed.
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