Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
SPOILER ALERT: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NEW Connections today (game #973) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- HOURS
- GAG
- DRILL
- BIT
- ROUTINE
- SYMBOL
- CENT
- LENGTH
- NUMBER
- SILENCE
- PAINT
- MOUSE
- HABIT
- OVERVIEW
- INHIBITORS
- CAPITAL LETTERS
NEW Connections today (game #973) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Keep someone quiet
- GREEN: Well-known story
- BLUE: Code to gain access
- PURPLE: Start with a low number
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NEW Connections today (game #973) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ESCAPE
- GREEN: SAME OLD STUFF
- BLUE: FEATURES OF A STRONG PASSWORD
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “TWO”
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #973) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #973, are…
- YELLOW: ESCAPE GAG, INHIBIT, MUSE, QUIET
- GREEN: SAME OLD STUFF DRILL, GRIND, HABIT, ROUTINE
- BLUE: FEATURES OF A STRONG PASSWORD LENGTH, NUMBER, SYMBOL, CAPITAL LETTERS
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “TWO” BIT, CENT, FACED, HOURS
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I often get a sense of deja vu when playing Connections, seeing words and sometimes categories that have appeared in the game before.
But today what I thought was a repeat group on stand-up comedy (GAG, BIT, ROUTINE, NUMBER) led to a mistake.
Glory followed though when I got my ’25 Purple First’ badge after seeing WORDS AFTER “TWO” link between BIT and FACED and spread it out to include CENTS and HOURS. Victory snatched from the jaws of defeat.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, February 7th, Game #972)
- YELLOW: PIPS ON A DIE FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO
- GREEN: SYMBOLS USED IN ARITHMETIC DIVIDE BY, EQUAL, MINUS, PLUS
- BLUE: CHARACTER PLATE COLON, ELLIPSE, PERIOD, QUOTATION MARK
- PURPLE: SMALL LETTERS I, L, T, X
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 degree of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough, and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the last one, as you’ll be able to answer it by a process of elimination. Also, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you beat yourself up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that can hide the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
