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Connection: When there is a last name category, the sports version always puts me in trouble. I ended up grouping them together and didn’t even know what kind of sport the athletes played – sometimes it worked, sometimes I was tripped. Continue reading the tips and answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is no longer using Beta, making its debut in the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 9. This shows that the game has gained enough loyal players, and the sports game is The Athletic, a subscription-based sports news website owned by The The Times, will continue to be released. It does not show up in the NYT Games app, but now it appears in Athletic’s own app. Or, you can continue to play it online for free.
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Today’s contact tips: Sports Edition Group
Here are four tips for grouping in today’s connections: Sports Edition puzzles, rankings from the simplest yellow group to the tough (sometimes strange) purple group.
Yellow group tips: Also bears or twinkies.
Green group tips: You have to be strong.
Blue group tips: The player’s name.
Purple Group Tips: Keep____.
Today’s contact answer: Sports Edition Group
Yellow group: MLB team, familiar.
Green Group: Weightlifting term.
Blue group: American women’s football player.
Purple group: Fraction____
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What is the connection today: Sports version answer?
The complete NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle on May 5, 2025, #224.
Yellow words in today’s connection
The theme is MLB team, familiar. These four answers are D-backs, jays, sox and yanks.
Green Words in Today’s Connection
The subject is weightlifting term. These four answers are barbells, clean, assholes and snatches.
Blue Words in Today’s Connection
The theme is American women’s football players. The four answers are Kofi, Fox, Rodman and Sonnet.
Purple Words in Today’s Connection
The topic is rating____. These four answers are planks, errors, cards and guardians.
