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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition features a lot of names, and I tend to do terribly on those puzzles. I do even worse when the puzzle editors change a letter in a bunch of names, as they did today. So I did terribly. But you can still solve the puzzle! 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: Call a nurse.
Green group hint: Sports shirt.
Blue group hint: Hoops heroes.
Purple group hint: Signal callers, with a twist.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Get better.
Green group: Found on a soccer jersey.
Blue group: 2025 Naismith basketball HOF class.
Purple group: Hall of Fame QBs, with the last letter changed.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Aug. 27, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is get better. The four answers are heal, mend, recover and recuperate.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is found on a soccer jersey. The four answers are crest, name, number and sponsor.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is 2025 Naismith basketball HOF class. The four answers are Anthony, Bird, Fowles and Moore.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is Hall of Fame QBs, with the last letter changed. The four answers are Marine (Dan Marino), Moor (Warren Moon), Stables (Ken Stabler) and Warned (Kurt Warner).
