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Today Connections: sports edition The grid began with a funny message: SUPER BOWL ORR BUST. If you’re having trouble solving today’s riddle but still want to solve it, read on for tips and answers.
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Tips for Connections Groups: Sports Today’s Edition
Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Disappointment!
Green group index: Add three letters.
Blue group index: Noted hockey players.
Purple group index: Not the moon, but…
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Disappointment.
Green group: Sports, with “-ing”.
Blue group: NHL Hall of Fame defensemen.
Purple group: ____ star(s)
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by January 25, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is disappointment. The four answers are fail, fail, fail and flop.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is sports, with “-ing”. The four answers are bowl, box, curl and surf.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is NHL Hall of Fame defensemen. The four answers are Bourque, Coffey, Leetch and Orr.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ star(s). The four answers are all: Chicago, Dallas and great.
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