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TODAY Connections: Sports Edition a difficult one. 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: Give it to me.

Green group hint: Football fun.

Blue group hint: GOAAAAAL!

Purple group hint: Name game.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Card games.

Green group: NFL teams, on scoreboards.

Blue group: Premier League nicknames, minus the S.

Purple group: Athletes who change their name.

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What are the answers today Connections: Sports Edition?

The yellow words in the current Connections

The theme is card games. The four answers are rummy, Skip-Bo, solitaire and Uno.

The green words in the current Connections

The theme is NFL teams, on scoreboards. The four answers are CAR, DEN, JAX and TEN.

The blue words in the current Connections

The theme is Premier League nicknames, minus the S. The four answers are cottager, magpie, seagull and toffee.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is athletes changing their name. The four answers are Abdul-Jabbar, Ali, Ochocinco and World Peace.