Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Feb. 6 #971
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is pretty tough. If you say certain clues out loud, it might help you solve the ever-tricky purple category. 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: Java time.
Green group index: No stains.
Blue group index: They hover around.
Purple group index: They sound the same as various greetings.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Items in a coffee station.
Green Group: Things with stripes.
Blue group: Words before “fly” in insect names.
Purple group: Homophones of greetings.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The NYT Connections puzzle completed by February 6, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is objects in a coffee station. The four answers are: cup, lid, stirrer and straw.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is striped things. The four answers are the candy cane, the crosswalk, the referee and the tiger.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is words before “fly” in insect names. The four answers are butter, dragon, fire and horse.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is homophones of greetings. The four responses are chow (ciao), hay (hey), high (hi) and Yeoh (yo).
