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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Friday, February 6 (Game #971).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the clever word game from the New York Times that challenges you to group answers into different categories. This can be difficult, so read on if you need tips on connections.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #972) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
(See image above! But there you go…)
- 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 that I shape
- Two horizontal lines arranged vertically
- Three points diagonally
- 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 clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Side of the dice
- GREEN: Basic Mathematics
- BLUE: Required for grammar
- PURPLE: Not capitalized
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections today (game #972) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PROBLEM ON A DIE
- GREEN: SYMBOLS USED IN ARITHMETIC
- BLUE: PUNCTUATION MARKS
- PURPLE: SMALL LETTERS
That’s right, 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: PROBLEM ON A DIE FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO
- GREEN: SYMBOLS USED IN ARITHMETIC DIVIDED BY, EQUAL, LESS, MORE
- BLUE: PUNCTUATION MARKS COLON, ELLIPSE, PERIOD, QUOTE
- PURPLE: SMALL LETTERS I, L, T, X
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
These types of Connections games are meant to confuse and disrupt the brain and they certainly do that for me. But once my brain calmed down, I started to see connections.
My first mistake was not remembering how the number two appears on a die: I selected the two dots that symbolize a SETTLER. After correcting this error, I put the x (thinking it meant multiply) in the SYMBOLS USED IN ARITHMETIC group. I received SMALL LETTERS but was unsure about the letter t, which looked more like a cross.
I hope we don’t have to do any of these experiments again for a while!
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, February 6, Thu #971)
- YELLOW: ITEMS IN A COFFEE STATION CUP, LID, STIR, STRAW
- GREEN: STRIPED THINGS CANDY CANE, CROSSOVER PASSAGE, REFEREE, TIGER
- BLUE: WORDS BEFORE “FLY” IN INSECT NAMES BUTTER, DRAGON, FIRE, HORSE
- PURPLE: GREETINGS CHOW, HAY, HIGH, YEOH
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little more difficult, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the final question, as you will be able to answer it through a process of elimination. Additionally, you can make up to four mistakes, giving you some breathing room.
However, it’s a bit more complex than something like Wordle, and the game provides plenty of opportunities to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that could obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games website on computer or mobile.
