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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a fun one. The purple category, as always, is a real brain-bender. If you’re struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.
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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Catch up!
Green group hint: Beehive State.
Blue group hint: Hoops statistics.
Purple group hint: Signal-callers, but tweak their last name.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Fall behind.
Green group: Utah teams.
Blue group: Categories of points in a basketball box score.
Purple group: NFL QBs, with the first letter changed.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Nov. 3, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is fall behind. The four answers are drop back, falter, lag and trail.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is Utah teams. The four answers are Cougars, Jazz, Mammoth and Utes.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is categories of points in a basketball box score. The four answers are bench, fast-break, paint and second-chance.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is NFL QBs, with the first letter changed. The four answers are cove (Jordan Love), Ellen (Josh Allen), mix (Bo Nix) and wields (Justin Fields).
