Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is game #972, released for Saturday, February 7, 2026. Start with the four hints below if you want a nudge; the full category names and tile answers follow after a spoiler warning.
Today’s Connections hints for February 7
The New York Times gives players 16 items to sort into four groups of four. The color order runs from Yellow, the easiest group, to Purple, the trickiest. The game has one solution, though some items may appear to fit more than one association.
- Yellow: Side of dice
- Green: Basic math
- Blue: Required for grammar
- Purple: Not uppercase
These clues point to different kinds of visual relationships: a number of pips, arithmetic glyphs, punctuation marks, and lowercase letterforms. In particular, keep the final hint’s case in mind.
Spoiler warning: Connections answers for February 7
The category names and all 16 answers are below.
Yellow: Pips on a die
- FIVE
- FOUR
- THREE
- TWO
Green: Symbols used in arithmetic
- DIVIDED BY
- EQUALS
- MINUS
- PLUS
Blue: Punctuation marks
- COLON
- ELLIPSIS
- PERIOD
- QUOTATION MARK
Purple: Lowercase letters
- i
- l
- t
- x
The first group represents the pip counts shown on die faces, while the arithmetic and punctuation groups are identified by their symbols. The final set is specifically lowercase i, l, t, and x; the letterforms, rather than uppercase characters, are the connection.
Why the date can vary by location
The New York Times Help Center says the daily Connections puzzle is released at midnight in the player’s timezone. That means the local calendar date and the corresponding release moment can differ across time zones. The dated puzzle covered here is #972 for Saturday, February 7, 2026.
Sources: TechRadar’s February 7 Connections guide; Parade’s February 7 guide; The New York Times Help Center.
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