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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s game.” If instead you are looking for the Friday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Friday, February 6 (Game #971).
Good day! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Game #972): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
(See the image above! But here goes…)
- Two points arranged vertically
- vertical line
- Four points in a square
- plus symbol
- Five points in X format
- Two small rectangles arranged horizontally at the top of the frame.
- horizontal line
- cross symbol
- letter i shape
- Two horizontal lines arranged vertically.
- Three dots in a diagonal pattern
- Three points arranged horizontally at the bottom of the frame.
- division symbol
- A single point at the bottom of the frame.
- Small X at the bottom of the frame.
- Two points arranged diagonally
NYT Connections Today (Game #972) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Side of the dice
- GREEN: basic mathematics
- BLUE: Required for grammar
- PURPLE: Not capital letters
Do you need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #972) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PIPS IN A DIE
- GREEN: SYMBOLS USED IN ARITHMETIC
- BLUE: PUNCTUATION MARKS
- PURPLE: LOWER CASE LETTERS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #972): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #972 are…
- YELLOW: PIPS IN A DIE FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO
- GREEN: SYMBOLS USED IN ARITHMETIC DIVIDED BY, EQUAL, LESS, MORE
- BLUE: PUNCTUATION MARKS Colon, ellipsis, period, quotation marks
- PURPLE: LOWER CASE LETTERS I, L, T, X
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
These types of Connections games are meant to confuse and disturb the brain and they certainly do that for me. But once my brain calmed down I started to see some connections.
My first mistake was not remembering how the number two appears on a die: I selected the two dots that symbolize two points. After correcting that mistake I put the x (thinking it meant multiplication) in the SYMBOLS USED IN ARITHMETIC group. I got LOWER CASE LETTERS but I wasn’t sure about the letter t, which looked more like a cross.
Hopefully we won’t have to do one of these experiments again for a while!
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, February 6, game #971)
- YELLOW: ITEMS AT A COFFEE STATION CUP, LID, AGITATOR, STRAW
- GREEN: THINGS WITH STRIPES CANDY CANE, CROSSwalk, REFEREE, TIGER
- BLUE: WORDS BEFORE “MOSCAR” IN INSECT NAMES BUTTER, DRAGON, FIRE, HORSE
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF GREETINGS CHOW, HAY, STOP, YEOH
What are NYT connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final question since you’ll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
