NYT Connections February 5 2026 Answers
Puzzle #970
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
BRUCE AMERICAN FLAG BUMP SPIKE JEANS BUTT BALD EAGLE RAM BASEBALL ANG OCEAN APPLE PIE CHRISTOPHER LAPIS LAZULI KNOCK SKY
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — CULTURAL SYMBOLS OF THE U.S.
Green — COLLIDE WITH
Blue — BLUE THINGS
Purple — LEES OF HOLLYWOOD
CULTURAL SYMBOLS OF THE U.S.AMERICAN FLAG, APPLE PIE, BALD EAGLE, BASEBALL
COLLIDE WITHBUMP, BUTT, KNOCK, RAM
BLUE THINGSJEANS, LAPIS LAZULI, OCEAN, SKY
LEES OF HOLLYWOODANG, BRUCE, CHRISTOPHER, SPIKE
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.