Connections #972 Answers
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #972 for Saturday, February 7, 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): pips on a die
- Green: symbols used in arithmetic
- Blue: punctuation marks
- Purple (hardest): lowercase letters
Answers
PIPS ON A DIE
SYMBOLS USED IN ARITHMETIC
PUNCTUATION MARKS
LOWERCASE LETTERS
Previous Connections answers
- #971 — items at a coffee station, things with stripes, words before "fly" in insect names, homophones of greetings
- #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
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