CNET published the solution to the Oct. 20, 2026 NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, grouping words into four categories: words meaning to reject a shot (blocks, denies, stuffs, swats), Mountain West schools (Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming), 49ers career passing leaders (Brodie, Garcia, Montana, Young), and terms associated with Russell Westbrook (0, Oklahoma City, triple-doubles, UCLA). The piece also offers hint phrases for each color category to help players before revealing the full answers.
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· 2026-10-20
The October 8, 2026, edition of the NYT Connections puzzle features four groups of four words each, with themes including following rules, surpassing others, triplets, and actor surnames ending in Tom. The answers include heeds, best, cheers, and Holland, among others. The puzzle challenges players to identify these thematic groupings within a 16-word grid.
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· 2026-10-07
CNET released its daily hint and answer breakdown for the Sept. 20 edition of NYT Connections: Sports Edition, puzzle number 727. The four categories covered Maryland teams, former NHL cities, NFL rookie wide receivers, and sports terms drawn from the NATO phonetic alphabet.
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· 2026-09-20
CNET's daily coverage of the New York Times Connections puzzle offers hints and answers for game #1196, which the writer describes as trickier than usual. The four categories are organized by difficulty, from an easy yellow group to a challenging purple group that plays on math terminology.
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· 2026-09-18
CNET released its daily hints and full solutions for The New York Times Connections puzzle numbered 1194, dated Sept. 17. The four categories covered elasticity-related words, things located underground, Hugh Jackman movies beginning with 'The,' and phrases starting with 'Love'.
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· 2026-09-17
CNET released its daily hints and full solutions for NYT's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle number 724, dated September 17. The four categories were team collectives (conference, division, group, league), recent Summer Olympics host cities (London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo), Missouri Valley Conference schools (Belmont, Bradley, Drake, Northern Iowa) and words paired with 'Giants' (Little, New York, San Francisco, Yomiuri).
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· 2026-09-16
CNET published the hints and full solution for the Sept. 11 NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, number 718. The groups covered NFL injury designations, ways to reach first base, Las Vegas Aces players, and types of dunks.
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· 2026-09-10
Wednesday's New York Times Connections puzzle grouped 16 words where eight could precede 'dog,' including hunting, rescue, sheep and sausage dog versus corn, prairie, salty and top dog. Solvers had to separate genuine canine breeds from food terms, animal names and slang phrases, tripping up many players who assumed all eight belonged together.
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· 2026-09-03
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