Here are the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle #972 today, released on February 7th, 2026, and some hints to help you solve them.
New York Times have a variety of puzzle games available for their readers and there are new puzzles to play on a daily basis. One of these games is called Connections.
The rules of the game are simple for Connections. There are sixteen words for players to sort into four groups of four words that share something in common.
Once you think you have figured out a group, simply click on the four words and click on submit to see if you got it right. You are allowed to get 4 mistakes to solve the puzzle.
Each group is assigned a colour, which shows how easy it should be to group it from yellow, being straightforward, to purple, tricky.

If you’re struggling with today’s NYT Connections answers, we’ve included some hints to help you out. If that’s not enough, we have the answers too.
There are sixteen words for the Connection puzzles, which are:
- :
- l
- FOUR DOTS
- +
- FIVE DOTS
- “
- –
- t
- i
- =
- THREE DOTS
- …
- ÷
- .
- x
- TWO DOTS

Connections 972 Group Hints Today (February 7th, 2026)
We know some of you would prefer to have hints for the solution today instead of seeing the answer, so we’ve provided some below to help you out.
- Hint 1: One of the groups is “PUNCTUATION MARKS“.
- Hint 2: i and t are in the same group.
- Hint 3: Here is an image that will help you solve one of the groups in today’s puzzle:

- Hint 4: One group of words is “SYMBOLS USED IN ARITHMETIC“.
What are the Connections 972 Answers Today? (2/7/26)
Here are the answers to NYT Connections puzzle 972 released on 7th February 2026:
- PIPS ON A DIE – FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO

- SYMBOLS USED IN ARITHMETIC – DIVIDED BY, EQUALS, MINUS, PLUS

- PUNCTUATION MARKS – COLON, ELLIPSIS, PERIOD, QUOTATTION MARK

- LOWERCASE LETTERS – I, L, T, X

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