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Happy Tricky New Year. I see you and your rhyming clues, Connections: Sports Edition. Moon, goon, balloon and soon, you’re not all going in a “rhyming word” category, because these categories need a sports tie-in. All those four rhyming words end up in different categories. Read on for hints and answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle.
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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: Run up the score.
Green group hint: Lights, camera, skate.
Blue group hint: Best QBs
Purple group hint: Start to say a team name.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Increase a lead
Green group: Hockey movies
Blue group: Hall of Fame QBs
Purple group: First 4 letters of SEC nicknames
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Dec. 31, 2024.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is “increase a lead.” The four answers are balloon, extend, grow and swell.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is hockey movies. The four answers are Goon, Miracle, Slap Shot and The Mighty Ducks.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Hall of Fame QBs. The four answers are Manning, Moon, Tittle and Unitas.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is the first four letters of SEC nicknames. The four answers are bull, game, long and soon.
