Connections: Sports Edition — October 21, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board moves from different types of basketball shots, to pro and college sports teams from one Midwestern city, to Green Bay wide receivers across eras, and finally to words that follow "Blue."
Hint 2 of 5
Yellow (easiest): each of these is a type of shot attempt in basketball.
Hint 3 of 5
Green: each of these is a sports team based in St. Louis.
Hint 4 of 5
Blue: each of these is the surname of a wide receiver who has played for the Green Bay Packers.
Hint 5 of 5
Purple (hardest): each of these follows the word "Blue" — Blue Jays, Blue Jackets, Blue Line, Blue Devils.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Basketball Shots
ALLEY-OOP · DUNK · FADEAWAY · FREE THROW
St. Louis Teams
BLUES · CARDINALS · BILLIKENS · ST. LOUIS CITY
Packers WRs, Past And Present
DRIVER · GOLDEN · ADAMS · NELSON
Blue _____
JAYS · JACKETS · LINE · DEVILS
This puzzle by the numbers
- Blue _____
- ST. LOUIS CITY
Counted from our own archive of Connections: Sports Edition answers — not published anywhere else.
