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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition features two categories with references to specific places. One is a state and one is a city, so you should be able to sort them out without too much difficulty. Read on for hints and the answers if you get stuck.
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: You shall not pass.
Green group hint: The Grand Canyon State.
Blue group hint: Rhymes with “smiles.”
Purple group hint: Windy City.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Prevent.
Green group: Arizona teams, minus the S.
Blue group: Kyles.
Purple group: First words of Chicago sporting venues.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 29, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is prevent. The four answers are block, stop, stuff and thwart.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is Arizona teams, minus the S. The four answers are Cardinal, Diamondback, Sun and Wildcat.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Kyles. The four answers are Busch, Lowry, Schwarber and Shanahan.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is first words of Chicago Sporting Venues. The four answers are Rate, Soldier, United and Wrigley.
