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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one. Remember that athlete surnames sometimes look like regular nouns, especially since Connections lists all its words in all caps, so you can’t tell if they’re a name or not. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic app. You can also play it for free online.
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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: Go the other way.
Green group hint: Nothing but net.
Blue group hint: Fire it in there.
Purple group hint: Not front.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Change direction.
Green group: Basketball shot types.
Blue group: Active MLB pitchers.
Purple group: Back ____.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
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The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is change direction. The four answers are pivot, turn, veer and zig.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is basketball shot types. The four answers are alley-oop, fadeaway, floater and layup.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is active MLB pitchers. The four answers are Cease, Crochet, Wheeler and Woo.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is back ____. The four answers are board, field, stop and stretch.
