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Connections: sports edition Has one of those purple categories today that makes players tear their hair out. The words aren’t really sports words, but they look like sports words. Oof. Read on for tips and answers for Today’s Connections: Puzzle Sports Edition.
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Tips for Today’s Connections: Sports Publishing Groups
Here are four tips for groupings in today’s connections: Sports Edition Puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the hard (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Things don’t get up.
Green group index: Hang ten.
Blue Group Tip: Empire State Education.
Purple group index: It looks like a Hoopster.
Answers for Today’s Connections: Sports Publishing Groups
Yellow group: Slow-down.
Green group: Surfing terms.
Blue group: New York Colleges.
Purple group: Homophones of NBA player names.
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What are Today’s Connections: Sports Edition Answers?
NYT Connections Complete: Puzzle Sports Edition for Sunday, January 26, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s connections
The theme is a slowdown. The four responses are decline, plunge, slide and crisis.
Green words in today’s connections
The theme is to surf the terms. The four answers are barrel, crest, swell and wave.
Blue words in today’s connections
The theme is New York colleges. The four answers are Colgate, Columbia, St. John’s and Syracuse.
Purple words in today’s connections
The theme is the homophones of NBA players’ names. The four answers are barns, connection, heart, and hero.
