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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: Stop it!
Green group index: Ho-hum.
Blue group index: You may need to use a special character.
Purple group index: Not one, not three.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: DELETE.
Green group: Same old stuff.
Blue group: Characteristics of a strong password.
Purple group: Words after “two”.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The NYT Connections puzzle completed by February 8, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETYellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is deleted. The four responses are gag, inhibition, muzzle and silence.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is the same old stuff. The four answers are exercise, work, habit and routine.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme has the characteristics of a strong password. The four answers are length, number, symbol and capital letter.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is the words after “two”. The four answers are bits, cents, tails and timer.