Connections Hint and Answers for Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Wednesday, August 19, 2026/Wednesday, August 19, 2026 · puzzle #1165 · four groups

Hints and full answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. The four category names come first, because knowing what the groups are is usually all it takes — the sixteen words and which group each belongs to are below that, once you want them.

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Hints before the answers

There are four groups of four, and 4 category names are known.
Group 1 starts with the letters B, C, P, S.
Group 2 starts with the letters B, H, M, O.
Group 3 starts with the letters B, B, F, P.

The four categories

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PIECE OF CAKE  CONCEAL  WORDS BEFORE "BALL" IN SPORT NAMES  HOMOPHONES OF CGI-ANIMATED FILMS4 to find

All 16 answers

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BREEZE
CINCH
PICNIC
SNAP
BLANKET
HIDE
MASK
OBSCURE
BASE
BASKET
FOOT
PICKLE
ANTS
COCOA
RHEO
SEOUL

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Questions

What is the Connections hint for Wednesday, August 19, 2026?

The four categories are PIECE OF CAKE, CONCEAL, WORDS BEFORE "BALL" IN SPORT NAMES, HOMOPHONES OF CGI-ANIMATED FILMS.

What do the Connections colours mean?

Yellow is the most straightforward group and purple the trickiest, with green and blue in between. The colours are only revealed as you solve, so they are a difficulty ranking rather than a clue.

What are the Connections answers for Wednesday, August 19, 2026?

PIECE OF CAKE: BREEZE, CINCH, PICNIC, SNAP. CONCEAL: BLANKET, HIDE, MASK, OBSCURE. WORDS BEFORE "BALL" IN SPORT NAMES: BASE, BASKET, FOOT, PICKLE. HOMOPHONES OF CGI-ANIMATED FILMS: ANTS, COCOA, RHEO, SEOUL

Today’s Connections answers