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Connections: Sports Edition sometimes has category topics that are a bit of a reach for a sports puzzle. Today’s yellow category is just a generic theme, although certainly it can relate to athletes after a big game. By contrast, the purple category is about as related to the game’s theme as it could get. Read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.
NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta
Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Wiped out.
Green group hint: Chuck that pigskin!
Blue group hint: New York Sirens is another one.
Purple group hint: Daily subject of this game.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Grow weary.
Green group: Football receiving routes.
Blue group: PWHL teams.
Purple group: Sports ____.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle for Thursday, April 3, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is grow weary. The four answers are exhaust, fatigue, tire and weaken.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is football receiving routes. The four answers are dig, fade, post and wheel.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is PWHL teams. The four answers are Charge, Fleet, Frost and Victoire.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is sports ____. The four answers are car, Center, Illustrated and writer.
Quick tips for Connections: Sports Edition
#1: Don’t grab for the easiest group. For each word, think about other sports categories it might fit in – is this a word that can be used in football, or to describe scoring options?
#2: Second meanings are important. The puzzle loves to use last names and even college names that mean other things, to fool you into thinking they are words, not names.
#3: And the opposite is also true. Words like HURTS might seem like a regular word, but it’s also the last name of at least one pro athlete.
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