NYT Connections Game #1152 Answers: Categories and Hints for Aug 6

NYT Connections keeps its daily rhythm with a fresh puzzle dropping at midnight in each time zone—and for game #1152, today’s challenge leans on playful objects, sports and venues, and recognizable Roman sites. If you want to solve it fast (or at least avoid getting stuck), here are the categories and group answers straight away.

Key takeaways

• NYT Connections game #1152 features four categories: Classic Wooden Toys, Places with Lanes, Iconic Roman Landmarks, and Places with Nets.
• Yellow (easiest): Alphabet Blocks, Cup-and-Ball, Jacob’s Ladder, and Lincoln Logs.
• Green: Bowling Alley, Freeway, Supermarket, and Swimming Pool.
• Blue: Colosseum, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, and Trevi Fountain.
• Purple: Barclays Center, Fishing Boat, Hockey Rink, and Tennis Court.

Today’s input list for NYT Connections (game #1152)

The words you need to sort into four groups are: Swimming Pool, Tennis Court, Freeway, Hockey Rink, Barclays Center, Colosseum, Supermarket, Jacob’s Ladder, Pantheon, Bowling Alley, Lincoln Logs, Spanish Steps, Alphabet, Blocks, Fishing Boat, Trevi Fountain, and Cup-and-Ball.

How the four themes match up

Connections splits today’s answers into four difficulty tiers, each defined by a specific theme:

• Classic Wooden Toys: Alphabet Blocks, Cup-and-Ball, Jacob’s Ladder, Lincoln Logs
• Places with Lanes: Bowling Alley, Freeway, Supermarket, Swimming Pool
• Iconic Roman Landmarks: Colosseum, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain
• Places with Nets: Barclays Center, Fishing Boat, Hockey Rink, Tennis Court

Context: when puzzles appear and how the game works

Connections launches a new puzzle at midnight each day for your local time zone, which means different players may be working on “today” or “yesterday” depending on where they are. The game asks you to group items into sets of four that share a common link, with colors indicating difficulty—green is the easiest, yellow is harder, blue is tougher, and purple is usually the most challenging.

If you’re still catching up, the “yesterday” puzzle referenced in today’s materials was game #1151 (Wednesday, August 5, 2026), with these categories: Navigate (Drive, Maneuver, Pilot, Steer), Jeans Brands (Diesel, Gap, Lucky, Wrangler), House Styles (Cape Cod, Mission, Ranch, Tudor), and a “Stock” clue meaning (Broth, Cattle, Investment, Merchandise).