Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Feb. 4 #969

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is pretty tough. Have you seen Netscape and Discord and started looking for other IT terms? Me too. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

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Tips for Today’s Connections Groups

Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow group index: Confront him.

Green group index: Roulette is one.

Blue group index: Pretty close.

Purple group index: Groups of hoops, hidden in words.

Answers for Today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Conflict.

Green group: Games of chance.

Blue group: More or less, familiarly.

Purple group: Starting with the NBA teams.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is protest. The four responses are conflict, discord, friction and rivalry.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is games of chance. The four answers are bingo, craps, lottery and war.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is more or less familiar. The four answers are about, bout, similar and round.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme starts with NBA teams. The four answers are Bullseye, Heat, Magic and Netscape.

The most difficult connections puzzles

We’ve noted some of the most difficult Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.

#5: Include “elements you can set”, such as atmosphere, record, table and volleyball.

#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as the egg, the juror, the month, and the rose.

#3: Included “Screen Streets”, such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.

#2: Includes “___ power” such as Nap, Plant, Ranger, and Travel.

#1: Include “things that can leak,” like the candidate, faucet, mascara, and nose.