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Today Connections: sports edition is a difficult question. All those initials were hard to sort through. 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: Hockey players.
Green group index: Not the full name.
Blue group index: Colleges.
Purple group index: Gridiron Groups.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: A player from the Western Conference of the NHL.
Green Group: nicknames of NBA players that are initialisms.
Blue group: ACC teams, abbreviated.
Purple group: Beginnings of NFL team names.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by January 10, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is a player from the Western Conference of the NHL. The four answers are Canuck, Duck, King and Shark.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is that of NBA players’ nicknames which are initialisms. The four answers are AD, KD, LBJ and SGA.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is ACC teams, for short. The four answers are FSU, ND, UNC and UVA.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is the beginning of NFL team names. The four answers are Bron (Broncos), Char (Chargers), Pack (Packers) and Pant (Panthers).
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