Connections #969 Answers
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #969 for Wednesday, February 4, 2026. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): contention
- Green: games of chance
- Blue: more or less, colloquially
- Purple (hardest): starting with nba teams
Answers
CONTENTION
CONFLICT, DISCORD, FRICTION, RIVALRY
GAMES OF CHANCE
BINGO, CRAPS, LOTTERY, WAR
MORE OR LESS, COLLOQUIALLY
APPROX, BOUT, LIKE, ROUND
STARTING WITH NBA TEAMS
BULLSEYE, HEATED, MAGICAL, NETSCAPE
Previous Connections answers
- #968 — cut into pieces, provide with a place to stay, kinds of golf clubs, memory ___
- #967 — duration, credentials for entry, modern crime series protagonists, trees plus a letter
- #966 — publicize, kinds of shoes, anthem, musical instruments plus starting letter
- #965 — kinds of parties, ways to apply paint, y-shaped things, what "shift" might refer to
- #964 — region, grooming items, things with adhesive surfaces, ___ hand
- #963 — makeup, featured in goldilocks and the three bears, ending with drinking vessels, homophones of words meaning "brutal"
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