{
  "id": 17017977,
  "title": "NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for October 29, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/nyt-connections-sports-edition-today-hints-and-answers-for-october-29",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-29T05:15:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/nyt-connections-sports-edition-hint-answer-today-october-29-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle is designed to challenge sports enthusiasts by finding common connections between 16 words. Presented in four categories, each containing four words of the same type, players must identify the correct groupings. The categories include SEC Schools, football statistics, NBA star nicknames, and hockey positions. Players earn points for correct guesses and have up to four mistakes before the game ends. Hints such as SEC Schools, abbreviated; QB Stats, abbreviated; NBA star nicknames; and hockey positions, abbreviated, are provided to aid players in solving the puzzle.",
  "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": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, October 29 (game #1739)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/quordle-hints-and-answers-for-thursday-october-29-game-1739",
        "published": "2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}