Connections #971 Answers
Friday, February 6, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #971 for Friday, February 6, 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): items at a coffee station
- Green: things with stripes
- Blue: words before "fly" in insect names
- Purple (hardest): homophones of greetings
Answers
ITEMS AT A COFFEE STATION
CUP, LID, STIRRER, STRAW
THINGS WITH STRIPES
CANDY CANE, CROSSWALK, REFEREE, TIGER
WORDS BEFORE "FLY" IN INSECT NAMES
BUTTER, DRAGON, FIRE, HORSE
HOMOPHONES OF GREETINGS
CHOW, HAY, HIGH, YEOH
Previous Connections answers
- #970 — cultural symbols of the u.s., collide with, blue things, lees of hollywood
- #969 — contention, games of chance, more or less, colloquially, starting with nba teams
- #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
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