NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for September 3, 2026

Connections: Sports Edition today presents a moderately challenging set of words to group based on shared characteristics. Players must identify the connections between 16 words divided into four groups of four. The game is designed to test sports knowledge and requires strategic thinking to find the correct categories.

For today's puzzle, the categories and their associated words are as follows:

1. Yellow: Events Before a Football Kickoff

- Coin toss

- National anthem

- Team arrivals

- Warmups

2. Green: California Sporting Venues

- Intuit Dome

- Levi's Stadium

- Pebble Beach

- Torrey Pines

3. Blue: Miami (FL) Alumni

- Devin Hester

- Ed Reed

- Reggie Wayne

- Vinny Testaverde

4. Purple: Starts with a State Capital

- Augusta National

- Austin Reaves

- Madison Keys

- Pierre Garcon

Players can attempt to rearrange and shuffle the board to aid in identifying the connections. Once all four words in a set are correctly grouped, they are removed from the board. Incorrect guesses count as mistakes, with a maximum of four allowed before the game ends.