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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition has three visual clues. Some people love those, some people hate them. I thought these three were pretty well-known, so I wasn’t bothered. Read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.
Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta
Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Light the cauldron.
Green group hint: Hiss! Rawr!
Blue group hint: Baby-faced assassin.
Purple group hint: Fore!
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Olympic combat sports.
Green group: Wildcats.
Blue group: Associated with Steph Curry.
Purple group: Women’s golf major winners.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 11, 2025, #291.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is Olympic combat sports. The four answers are boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is Wildcats. The four answers are Arizona, Kansas State, Northwestern and Villanova.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is associated with Steph Curry. The four answers are 3-pointers, 30, Davidson and Warriors.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is women’s golf major winners. The four answers are Ko, Korda, Lee and Stark.
Quick tips for Connections: Sports Edition
#1: Don’t grab for the easiest group. For each word, think about other sports categories it might fit in – is this a word that can be used in football, or to describe scoring options?
#2: Second meanings are important. The puzzle loves to use last names and even college names that mean other things, to fool you into thinking they are words, not names.
#3: And the opposite is also true. Words like HURTS might seem like a regular word, but it’s also the last name of at least one pro athlete.
