Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Connections: Sports Edition offers a mix today. Even if you don’t know the category names at first, you might recognize four team names and four surnames, and that’ll get you halfway there. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online. Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta 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: Strong. Green group hint: Free throw time. Blue group hint: College teams. Purple group hint: They sure could throw. Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups Yellow group: Physical strength. Green group: Basketball fouls. Blue group: SEC teams, minus the S. Purple group: Hall of Fame pitchers. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers? The completed Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for April 23, 2025, #212. NYT/Screenshot by CNET The yellow words in today’s Connections The theme is physical strength. The four answers are energy, might, power and vigor. The green words in today’s Connections The theme is basketball fouls. The four answers are block, charge, hold and reach-in. The blue words in today’s Connections The theme is SEC teams, minus the S. The four answers are Commodore, Gator, Sooner and Tiger. The purple words in today’s Connections The theme is Hall of Fame pitchers. The four answers are Feller, Fingers, Ford and Lemon. Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Pirates get 18 hits for first time since 2023 | News, Sports, Jobs Celtics’ Payton Pritchard runs away with NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award