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Today Connections: sports edition has a particularly difficult purple category, where you have to play with the spelling of certain words. 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: Cast a line.
Green group index: Get this base.
Blue group index: Monsters of Midway.
Purple group index: Play with the team names.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Fishing conditions.
Green group: Basic results.
Blue group: Members of the Chicago Bears.
Purple group: MLS teams, with the first letter changed.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by December 29, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is fishing terms. The four answers are bobber, hook, lure and reel.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is basic results. The four responses are pickle, pickoff, steal and tag.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is members of the Chicago Bears. The four answers are Kmet, Loveland, Sweat and Swift.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is MLS teams, with the first letter changed. The four answers are Founders (Sounders), Rental (Fire), Limbers (Timbers) and Onion (Union).
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