Connections #973 Answers
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #973 for Sunday, February 8, 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): suppress
- Green: same old stuff
- Blue: features of a strong password
- Purple (hardest): words after "two"
Answers
SUPPRESS
GAG, INHIBIT, MUZZLE, SILENCE
SAME OLD STUFF
DRILL, GRIND, HABIT, ROUTINE
FEATURES OF A STRONG PASSWORD
LENGTH, NUMBER, SYMBOL, UPPERCASE
WORDS AFTER "TWO"
BIT, CENTS, FACED, TIMER
Previous Connections answers
- #972 — pips on a die, symbols used in arithmetic, punctuation marks, lowercase letters
- #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
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