NYT Connections — August 29, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board moves from parts you'd find under a car's hood, to varieties of salad on a menu, to keys on a computer keyboard, and finally to words that start with the name of a figure from Greek mythology.
Hint 2 of 5
Yellow (easiest): each of these is a component you'd find when you pop open a car's hood.
Hint 3 of 5
Green: each word pairs with "salad" to name a different style you could order.
Hint 4 of 5
Blue: each of these is a key you'd press on a computer keyboard.
Hint 5 of 5
Purple (hardest): read past the first several letters of each word or phrase and you'll find the name of a figure from Greek mythology hiding at the start.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Under The Hood Of A Car
ALTERNATOR · BATTERY · ENGINE · RADIATOR
Kinds Of Salad
CHOPPED · GREEK · HOUSE · WEDGE
Keyboard Keys
CONTROL · ESCAPE · SHIFT · SPACE
Starting With Figures From Greek Myth
AT LAST · HERALD · HYDRANT · TRITONE
This puzzle by the numbers
- Starting With Figures From Greek Myth
- ALTERNATOR
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