NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for August 5, 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.
Today's Connections: Sports Edition presents a challenge for sports enthusiasts to test their knowledge. The game, launched in partnership with The Athletic, requires players to group four words that share a common theme. The NYT's latest daily word game can be played on web browsers and mobile devices, with players aiming to identify the correct groupings among 16 words.
The game consists of four categories, each color-coded for ease of spotting: Yellow for things that are thrown, Green for the last four NFL Draft No. 1 picks, Blue for descriptors of trading card types, and Purple for words that follow "score." A hint for today's game includes categories such as Things That Are Thrown, Last Four NFL Draft No. 1 Picks, Descriptors for Types of Trading Cards, and Can Follow "Score."
The solution to today's Connections: Sports Edition #681 is BASEBALL, DART, FRISBEE, and HAMMER for Things That Are Thrown; MENDOZA, WARD, WILLIAMS, and YOUNG for Last Four NFL Draft No. 1 Picks; AUTOGRAPH, PARALLEL, PATCH, and ROOKIE for Descriptors of Trading Cards; and BOARD, BUG, LINE, and SHEET for Can Follow "Score." Don't worry if you didn't guess it correctly; new sports Connections will be available tomorrow, and the NYT will continue to provide helpful hints.
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