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Connections: Sports Edition hints & answer

Connections: Sports Edition is the sports spinoff of NYT Connections, produced with The Athletic. Sort 16 sports terms into four hidden groups of four, ranked yellow (easiest) to purple (hardest), with a limit of four mistakes.

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✅ Updated today · November 1, 2026

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Hints — one at a time

Hint 1 of 5

Today's board moves from infractions called in football, to statistics tracked for football teams, to styles of competitive wrestling, and finally to terms used in track and field relay races.

Hint 2 of 5

Yellow (easiest): each of these is a penalty that can be called in football.

Hint 3 of 5

Green: each of these is a statistic recorded for a football team's performance.

Hint 4 of 5

Blue: each of these is a type or style of wrestling.

Hint 5 of 5

Purple (hardest): each of these is a term used to describe part of a relay race.

The answer — spoilers!

Reveal the full answer

  • yellow

    Football Penalties

    HOLDING · CLIPPING · OFFSIDE · DELAY OF GAME

  • green

    Football Team Stats

    TIME OF POSSESSION · TURNOVER MARGIN · FIRST DOWNS · YARDS PER PLAY

  • blue

    Types Of Wrestling

    FOLKSTYLE · ARM · SUMO · GRECO-ROMAN

  • purple

    Relay Race Terms

    ANCHOR · BATON · EXCHANGE ZONE · CHANGEOVER

A solved Connections Sports Edition board: sixteen sports word tiles in four coloured groups of four — equipment, venues, golf scores and tennis scoring
Same rules as Connections, sports categories only. Example board, not today’s puzzle.

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