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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a mix of a little bit of everything. It helps if basketball is your game. If you’re having trouble solving today’s riddle but still want to solve it, read on for tips and answers.
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Tips for Connections Groups: Sports Today’s Edition
Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Don’t continue playing!
Green group index: Smash that basketball.
Blue group index: Hoopster winners.
Purple group index: Goldy Gopher is another one.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Playback stop signal.
Green Group:Dunks.
Blue group: Winners of the NBA 3-point contest.
Purple group: College mascots.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by February 14, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETYellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is the signal to stop the game. The four responses are the buzzer, the horn, the siren and the whistle.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is dunks. The four answers are 360, between the legs, inverted and windmill.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is NBA 3-point contest winners. The four answers are Herro, Hield, Love and Pierce.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is university mascots. The four answers are Big Al, Brutus, Otto and Rameses.
