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Here are the answers for Connections: Sports Edition.
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Connections: Sports Edition today features a real mix of categories today, from auto racing to track (kind of), football and baseball. If you know a little bit about a lot of sports, you should shine. 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.
Read more: 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: Play ball!
Green group hint: Hut, hut!
Blue group hint: Monaco Grand Prix.
Purple group hint: Don't walk, but...
Answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Places at a baseball field.
Green group: Football plays.
Blue group: Active F1 drivers.
Purple group: ____ runner.
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What are today's Connections: Sports Edition answers?
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The completed NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle for April 8, 2025, #197.
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The yellow words in today's Connections
The theme is places at a baseball field. The four answers are bullpen, dugout, mound and warning track.
The green words in today's Connections
The theme is football plays. The four answers are flea flicker, Hail Mary, Statue of Liberty and tush push.
The blue words in today's Connections
The theme is active F1 drivers. The four answers are Gasly, Hamilton, Norris and Stroll.
The purple words in today's Connections
The theme is ____ runner. The four answers are front, ghost, long-distance and pinch.
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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