Each day’s game of NYT Connections Sports Edition goes live at midnight local time. Before we get to today’s Connections Sports Edition hints and answers, here’s what you missed on Saturday:
Happy Sunday, sports fans!
Friday was the 18th anniversary of my favorite goal of all time. It was one of those moments in sports that you forever remember. James McFadden scoring the winning goal for Scotland against France in a European Championships qualifier. Just sublime. My friend and I celebrated that one into the early hours:
Today’s NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for Sunday, September 14 are coming right up.
How To Play NYT Connections Sports Edition
Connections Sports Edition is a free daily New York Times game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day and you can play on the NYT website. It works just like the regular Connections game, except everything is sports-related.
You’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like teams in a certain city, athletes who won Olympic gold in a certain discipline or just about anything else. There might be wordplay involved too, so be careful!
There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and there are often red herrings. You can shuffle the words around too. Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is typically the most difficult one.
If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you’ll see a message telling you you’re one away from getting it right. As with Wordle and similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s NYT Connections Sports Edition answers.
NYT Connections Sports Edition Hints
Scroll slowly! I’ll first give you a list of today’s Connections Sports Edition words, then a hint for each category. After that, I’ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I’ll tell you the category names, followed by the full answers.
Here’s what the grid looks like:
Today’s 16 words and logos are…
- MOON
- POLE
- HURDLE
- LAKERS
- ACES
- VIKINGS logo
- PLUM
- A’ONE
- PENIX
- LSU
- Logo with a bird inside a large C (SOUTH CAROLINA)
- ROY
- Logo of a skull and crossbones with ECU hat (EAST CAROLINA)
- HAMMER
- MVP
- BATON
The hints for today’s Connections Sports Edition categories are:
- 🟨 Yellow group — athletics gear
- 🟩 Green group — they share an aesthetic
- 🟦 Blue group — linked to the same pro baller
- 🟪 Purple group — from the same school
One Answer For Each Connections Sports Edition Category
Need some extra help?
Be warned, we’re seriously starting to get into spoiler territory now.
Here is one correct answer for each of the four groups:
- 🟨 Yellow group — POLE
- 🟩 Green group — LAKERS
- 🟦 Blue group — MVP
- 🟪 Purple group — ROY
NYT Connections Sports Edition Groups
Today’s Connections Sports Edition groups are…
- 🟨 Yellow group — track and field equipment
- 🟩 Green group — purple and gold teams
- 🟦 Blue group — associated with A’ja Wilson
- 🟪 Purple group — University of Washington alumni
NYT Connections Sports Edition Answers
Final spoiler alert! I’m about to reveal today’s NYT Connections Sports Edition answers.
Scroll slowly!
This is your absolute last chance to back out.
Today’s NYT Connections Sports Edition answers are…
- 🟨 Yellow group — track and field equipment (BATON, HAMMER, HURDLE, POLE)
- 🟩 Green group — purple and gold teams (EAST CAROLINA, LAKERS, LSU, VIKINGS)
- 🟦 Blue group — associated with A’ja Wilson (A’ONE, ACES, MVP, SOUTH CAROLINA)
- 🟪 Purple group — University of Washington alumni (MOON, PENIX, PLUM, ROY)
There was clearly some kind of college sports angle to today’s game so I was going to have no chance. I didn’t know the logos other than the VIKINGS one either. I at least got the yellows but totally lucked out otherwise.
That’s all there is to it for today’s NYT Connections Sports Edition clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Sunday’s game if you need them.
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