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Connections: Sports Edition — July 16, 2026

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Hints — one at a time

Hint 1 of 4

The easiest group is a home-state roll call — all four teams play in the same Midwestern state.

Hint 2 of 4

Another group shares a canine nickname used by several college athletic programs.

Hint 3 of 4

A trickier group is all gear you'd strap onto a horse before riding it.

Hint 4 of 4

The hardest group are words that each pair with the same one-syllable term for a rounded stadium roof.

The answer — spoilers!

Reveal the full answer
  • yellow

    Indiana Teams

    COLTS · PACERS · HOOSIERS · FEVER

  • green

    Bulldogs

    GONZAGA · MISSISSIPPI STATE · YALE · BUTLER

  • blue

    Equestrian Equipment

    SADDLE · REINS · BIT · STIRRUPS

  • purple

    _____ DOME

    GEORGIA · ASTRO · SUPER · FARGO

This puzzle by the numbers

Hardest group (purple)
_____ DOME
Longest word on the board
MISSISSIPPI STATE

Counted from our own archive of Connections: Sports Edition answers — not published anywhere else.

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.