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NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for August 4, 2026

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.

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NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for August 4, 2026

Connections: Sports Edition is a new daily word game from The New York Times in partnership with The Athletic, similar to Wordle. The game challenges players to find common threads between 16 words, grouped into four categories, with only one correct answer per group. Players have up to four mistakes before the game ends. Today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle is categorized as Baseball Pitching Roles (Yellow), Big Ten Teams (Green), Second Words in NHL Team Names (Blue), and Pittsburgh Steelers (Purple).

Hints for the categories include "Pitching staff," "Midwest mascots," "Incomplete NHL team," and "Black and Gold."

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