Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 12, #977

Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 12, #977

Here are some hints and the answers for The New York Times Connections puzzle for Feb. 12 #977.

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Today's NYT Connections puzzle has a fun mix of categories. The purple one, which can be a real stumper, was extra-fun today, and not that tricky. 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 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.

Read more: Hints and Strategies to Help You Win at Connections Every Time

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: To build.

Green group hint: Not mobile.

Blue group hint: Baseball pro.

Purple group hint: Not king.

Answers for today's Connections groups

Yellow group: Construct.

Green group: Fixed in place.

Blue group: MLB player, for short.

Purple group: ____ queen.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today's Connections answers?

completed NYT Connections puzzle for Feb. 12, 2026

The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Feb. 12, 2026.

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The yellow words in today's Connections

The theme is construct. The four answers are form, make, mold and produce.

The green words in today's Connections

The theme is fixed in place. The four answers are fast, firm, frozen and tight.

The blue words in today's Connections

The theme is MLB player, for short. The four answers are A, Card, Jay and Yank.

The purple words in today's Connections

The theme is ____ queen. The four answers are dairy, dancing, drag and May.

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