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Football fans should cruise through today’s Connections: Sports Edition. The purple category isn’t too challenging. I figured that one out first for a change. Check out our hints and the answers for today’s game.
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: All about the numbers.
Green group hint: Catch and run.
Blue group hint: Hello, Hollywood.
Purple group hint: In the hole.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Statistic.
Green group: NFL wide receivers.
Blue group: Football movies, with “The.”
Purple group: What “ace” could mean.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 20, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is statistic. The four answers are datum, figure, number and stat.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is NFL wide receivers. The four answers are Chase, Lamb, Nabers and Waddle.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is football movies, with “The.” The four answers are Express, Longest Yard, Replacements and Waterboy.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is what “ace” could mean. The four answers are pitcher, playing card, tennis serve and WNBA player.
