NYT Connections — August 27, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board moves from things that carry a jolt of electricity, to ways of describing someone fighting back tears, to shades you'd find on a paint swatch of gray, and finally to words built from a single letter plus a music genre.
Hint 2 of 5
Yellow (easiest): each of these crackles, zaps, or shocks with electric energy — one is even a famous cartoon mouse.
Hint 3 of 5
Green: these all describe someone who's gotten too emotional to hold back tears.
Hint 4 of 5
Blue: each of these names a subtle shade you'd find somewhere between black and white.
Hint 5 of 5
Purple (hardest): drop the first letter off each word and you'll be left with a genre of music.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Electric Things
ELECTRIC EEL · LIGHTNING · LIVE WIRE · PIKACHU
Moved To Tears
CHOKED UP · EMOTIONAL · MISTY · OVERCOME
Shades Of Gray
ASH · DOVE · PEWTER · SLATE
Music Genre Plus Starting Letter
BROCK · NEMO · SPUNK · WRAP
This puzzle by the numbers
- Music Genre Plus Starting Letter
- ELECTRIC EEL
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