NYT Connections — August 1, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board weaves together cozy bedroom items, Academy Award history, machine-shop terminology, and hidden bakery shapes.
Hint 2 of 5
The easiest set names things you might pile on a bed for warmth or decoration.
Hint 3 of 5
Another set honors actors who've taken home a Best Actor or Supporting Actor Oscar sometime in the last decade and a half.
Hint 4 of 5
A trickier set borrows shop-class vocabulary for widening or smoothing out a drilled opening.
Hint 5 of 5
The hardest set hides different bread shapes right at the start of each word — look for a round loaf, a small roll, a long loaf, and a plain roll tucked into longer terms.
The answer — spoilers!
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Bedding
COMFORTER · SHAM · SHEET · THROW
Oscar-Winning Actors Since 2010
BALE · JORDAN · PHOENIX · WALTZ
Hole Machining Operations
BORE · COUNTERSINK · DRILL · REAM
Start With A Bread Shape
BOULEVARD · BUNDLE · LOAFER · ROLLS-ROYCE
This puzzle by the numbers
- Start With A Bread Shape
- COUNTERSINK
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