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Why this answer
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What made this one tricky:
- Connections is category-first: read the group labels as the answer, then use the listed cards to confirm no near-miss word belongs in a different color set.
The yellow group collects four ways to say something is doomed: DONE, SUNK, THROUGH, and TOAST. Green uses BET, BRAVO, HISTORY, and USA as basic cable channel names. Blue reconstructs the closing cadence of an auction—GOING, ONCE, TWICE, SOLD. Purple is the sound-alike set: AYE, HARE, KNOWS, and TUNG echo eye, hair, nose, and tongue.
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A clean grouping order
Start with the auction sequence because its words form a familiar cadence. The cable channels then become easier to isolate. Save the facial-feature homophones for last; their ordinary spellings are designed to pull them toward unrelated groups.
FAQ
What are today's NYT Connections answers for August 11, 2026?
The groups are Doomed; Basic cable channels; Words in an auctioneer's chant; and Homophones of facial features.
What number is today's Connections puzzle?
The August 11, 2026 puzzle is Connections #1157.
What is the trickiest Connections group today?
The facial-feature homophones are the main wordplay trap: AYE, HARE, KNOWS, and TUNG sound like eye, hair, nose, and tongue.
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