NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for September 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 is a word game from The New York Times, designed to test the knowledge of sports fans. The game, available on web browsers and mobile devices, requires players to group four words that share a common thread. Each puzzle consists of 16 words, divided into four categories, which can include book titles, software, country names, and more.
The categories this time are: Yellow: ACC Schools (Clemson, Louisville, Stanford, Virginia); Green: SEC School Locations (Baton Rouge, Columbia, Norman, Starkville); Blue: LSU Alumni in NFL (Burrow, Chase, Daniels, Jefferson); Purple: Live College Football Mascots (Ralphie, Reveille, Smokey, UGA). Players have up to four mistakes before the game ends and can rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Like Wordle, the game allows players to share their results on social media.
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