Connections: Sports Edition — October 7, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board moves from levels of organized athletic competition, to words describing different kinds of home runs, to winners of women's soccer top individual honor, and finally to words that sound like Hall of Fame quarterbacks' surnames.
Hint 2 of 5
Yellow (easiest): each of these describes a tier of organized sports competition, from casual to professional.
Hint 3 of 5
Green: each of these describes a specific kind of home run in baseball.
Hint 4 of 5
Blue: each of these is the surname of a woman who won the Ballon d'Or Féminin, the top individual award in women's soccer.
Hint 5 of 5
Purple (hardest): each of these words sounds like the surname of a Hall of Fame N.F.L. quarterback — Brees, Griese, Marino, or Starr.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Levels Of Competitive Sports
HIGH SCHOOL · COLLEGE · PRO · REC
Descriptors For Types Of Home Runs
SOLO · INSIDE-THE-PARK · 2-RUN · WALK-OFF
Ballon D'Or Féminin Winners
RAPINOE · HEGERBERG · PUTELLAS · BONMATÍ
Homophones Of Hall Of Fame QBs
BREEZE · GREASY · MERINO · STAR
This puzzle by the numbers
- Homophones Of Hall Of Fame QBs
- INSIDE-THE-PARK
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