NYT Connections — August 19, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board moves from words meaning something is effortlessly easy, to words meaning to cover or hide something from view, to words that combine with "ball" to name a sport, and finally to words that sound just like animated movie titles when spoken aloud.
Hint 2 of 5
Yellow (easiest): each word or phrase describes a task that's remarkably simple to pull off.
Hint 3 of 5
Green: these all mean to cover something up so it can't be seen.
Hint 4 of 5
Blue: attach each word to "ball" and you'll get the name of a sport you'd recognize from gym class.
Hint 5 of 5
Purple (hardest): say each word out loud and it sounds just like the title of a computer-animated film.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
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
This puzzle by the numbers
- Homophones Of CGI-Animated Films
- BLANKET
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