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Hey, my last name shows up in Connections: Sports Edition today! (No, I’m not a clue.) The categories are fun today, with one involving Saturday Night Live (happy 50th season!) and one involving a certain prominent NFL family. Also, there is a word in there — KanJam — that I have literally never, ever heard before. 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.
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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: Let’s play outside.
Green group hint: Start your engines.
Blue group hint: Omaha, Omaha!
Purple group hint: Live, from New York…
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Lawn games.
Green group: Parts of a racetrack.
Blue group: Members of the Manning family.
Purple group: Athletes to guest-host SNL.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Thursday, Feb. 20, #150.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is lawn games. The four answers are bocce, cornhole, croquet and KanJam.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is parts of a racetrack. The four answers are infield, pits, straightaway and turn.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is members of the Manning family. The four answers are Arch, Cooper, Eli and Peyton.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is athletes to guest-host SNL. The four answers are Brady, Phelps, Rousey and Watt.
Read More: Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Feb. 20, #150
