Connections: Sports Edition — July 21, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board pulls from four totally different corners of the sports world: a list of events, a rulebook, a roster of newcomers, and a color scheme.
Hint 2 of 5
The easiest group just wants sports that show up at the Summer Olympics — nothing sneaky here.
Hint 3 of 5
The next group covers moves a soccer referee would penalize you for — illegal touches and rule-bending.
Hint 4 of 5
A trickier group isn't about a sport at all — each word is actually a last name, and they all belong to first-year players in the WNBA.
Hint 5 of 5
The hardest group has nothing to do with what the items mean in sports — it's about how they look. Every entry, from protective gear to a referee's signal, shares the same color: red.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Summer Olympic Sports
EQUESTRIAN · VOLLEYBALL · FIELD HOCKEY · WATER POLO
Against the Rules in Soccer
FOUL · HANDBALL · OFFSIDE · SIMULATION
WNBA Rookies
FUDD · MILES · FAM · BETTS
Things That Are Red
BOXING GLOVES · COACH'S CHALLENGE FLAG · DODGEBALL · GOAL LIGHT
This puzzle by the numbers
- Things That Are Red
- COACH'S CHALLENGE FLAG
Counted from our own archive of Connections: Sports Edition answers — not published anywhere else.
