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TODAY Connections: Sports Edition has a fun set of categories. Purple requires you to find hidden words within some word grid, but it’s not obvious. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for tips and answers.
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Notifications for current Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are four hints for the groups in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes surprising) purple group.
Notice the yellow group: Golden Gate.
Green group hint: It’s “Shotime!”
Blue group hint: Same name.
Purple group hint: Tweak a team name.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Bay Area groups.
Green group: With Shohei Ohtani.
Blue group: Teaching Mikes.
Purple group: MLB teams, with the last letter changed.
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What are the answers today Connections: Sports Edition?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Feb. 7, 2026.
The yellow words in the current Connections
The theme is Bay Area teams. The four answers are the 49ers, Giants, Sharks and Valkyries.
The green words in the current Connections
The theme is associated with Shohei Ohtani. The four answers are Decoy, Dodgers, Japan and two-way.
The blue words in the current Connections
The theme is teaching Mikes. The four answers are Macdonald, McCarthy, Tomlin and Vrabel.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is MLB teams, with the last letter changed. The four answers are Angelo (Angels), Cuba (Cubs), redo (Reds) and twine (Twins).







