The puzzle for today's Connections: Sports Edition features a challenging twist involving NFL team names. Published by The Athletic, this edition is separate from the New York Times Games app, allowing players to engage through The Athletic’s platform or online for free.
Hints provided for the groups today include a mix of themes: the yellow group is centered on the theme of "heckle," while the green group relates to characters from the 1996 movie "Space Jam." The blue group focuses on Florida college teams, and the purple group requires players to identify NFL teams with altered spelling.
Today's answers reveal the yellow group includes "boo," "hiss," "hoot," and "jeer." The green group features "Bugs," "Jordan," "Lola," and "Tweety." For the blue group, the answers are "Bulls," "Gators," "Owls," and "Seminoles." Finally, the purple group consists of "bolts" (Colts), "crowns" (Browns), "hackers" (Packers), and "paints" (Saints).