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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is kind of tough. Did you see Netscape and Discord and start looking for more computer terms? Me too. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Duke it out.
Green group hint: Roulette is one.
Blue group hint: Pretty near.
Purple group hint: Hoops groups, hidden in words.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Contention.
Green group: Games of chance.
Blue group: More or less, colloquially.
Purple group: Starting with NBA teams.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Feb. 4, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is contention. The four answers are conflict, discord, friction and rivalry.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is games of chance. The four answers are bingo, craps, lottery and war.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is more or less, colloquially. The four answers are approx, bout, like and round.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is starting with NBA teams. The four answers are bullseye, heated, magical and Netscape.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
