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Friday, August 28, 2026

Words from the NYT Connections puzzle — August 28, 2026

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Word grid

All 16 words, sorted alphabetically. Group them into four categories of four.

BRO
CODED
ERA
HOUR
LINE
MAXXING
MOM
MORNING
NIGHT
NOON
POPS
REST EASY
SIS
SLEEP TIGHT
SWEET DREAMS
TOP SPOT
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Themes

The four category names, easiest to hardest. No words revealed yet.

BEDTIME PARTING WORDSStraightforward
PALINDROMESModerate
MODERN ADD-ONS/COMBINING FORMSTricky
TOP OF THE ___Devious
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One word per group

Theme name plus one word from each category.

BEDTIME PARTING WORDSStraightforward
THINGS YOU MIGHT SAY TO SOMEONE HEADING TO BED+ 3 more…
PALINDROMESModerate
WORDS OR PHRASES THAT READ THE SAME FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS+ 3 more…
MODERN ADD-ONS/COMBINING FORMSTricky
THESE CAN ALL FOLLOW 'LIFE' TO FORM TRENDY COMPOUND WORDS OR PHRASES+ 3 more…
TOP OF THE ___Devious
WORDS THAT COMPLETE THE PHRASE 'TOP OF THE ___'+ 3 more…
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Full solution
BEDTIME PARTING WORDSStraightforward
NIGHT,REST EASY,SLEEP TIGHT,SWEET DREAMS

NIGHT, REST EASY, SLEEP TIGHT, and SWEET DREAMS are all phrases commonly said when bidding someone goodnight before sleep

PALINDROMESModerate
MOM,NOON,SIS,TOP SPOT

MOM, NOON, SIS, and TOP SPOT are all palindromes — they spell the same thing whether read left to right or right to left

MODERN ADD-ONS/COMBINING FORMSTricky
BRO,CODED,ERA,MAXXING

BRO, CODED, ERA, and MAXXING all follow 'life' to form modern slang terms: lifebro, life-coded, life era, and lifemaxxing

TOP OF THE ___Devious
HOUR,LINE,MORNING,POPS

HOUR, LINE, MORNING, and POPS all follow 'Top of the' to form common phrases: top of the hour, top of the line, top of the morning, and top of the pops

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