{
  "id": 1614463,
  "title": "NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for August 18, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/nyt-connections-sports-edition-today-hints-and-answers-for-august-18",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-sports-edition-hint-answer-today-august-18-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Connections: Sports Edition is a daily word game from The New York Times in partnership with The Athletic. Players are presented with 16 words and must group them into four sets based on a common theme. Each puzzle resets after midnight and features increasingly difficult challenges. Players can rearrange and shuffle the board for easier connection spotting. The game is color-coded, with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Today's game has four categories: Not Winning, Purchases at a Game, Members of the Magnificent Seven, and Ends in a Homophone for Knicks.",
  "summary": "Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}