All you need to tackle Connections Sports Edition #572.
Today’s Connections: Sports Edition might be a breeze for hockey aficionados. If not, good luck!
This iteration of the well-known New York Times word game is designed to challenge sports enthusiasts. Like the original Connections, the aim is to identify common links between words. Similar to Wordle, it resets post-midnight with increasingly difficult word sets, so we’ve provided hints and tips to help you out.
If you want today’s puzzle solution, skip to the end for the answer. Otherwise, keep reading for clues and strategies.
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
The New York Times’ new daily word game is in collaboration with The Athletic, their sports coverage division. It can be played on browsers and mobile, requiring players to group four words with a common theme.
Each puzzle presents 16 words divided into four categories. Despite many words seemingly belonging together, there’s only one correct grouping.
Guess correctly, and those words disappear from the board. A wrong guess counts as a mistake, with up to four allowed before the game ends.
Players can shuffle the board to spot connections more easily. Each group is color-coded from easiest (yellow) to hardest (purple). Results can be shared on social media, akin to Wordle.
Here’s a hint for today’s Connections: Sports Edition categories:
Need a nudge without the answer? Try these:
– Yellow: Plus 1
– Green: Champions
– Blue: Physical locations
– Purple: A delicious pun
Here are today’s Connections: Sports Edition categories:
Today’s connections are divided into:
– Yellow: Types of Hockey Goals
– Green: Last Four Teams To Win the Stanley Cup
– Blue: NHL Arena Names
– Purple: Hockey Terms That Are Also Food Items
Want to know the Wordle answer? Here’s today’s solution.
Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to solve today’s puzzle before we reveal the answers.
Drumroll, please!
The solution to today’s Connections: Sports Edition #572 is:
– Types of Hockey Goals: EMPTY NET, EVEN STRENGTH, POWER PLAY, SHORT-HANDED
– Last Four Teams To Win the Stanley Cup: AVALANCHE, GOLDEN KNIGHTS, LIGHTNING, PANTHERS
– NHL Arena Names: BALL, CANADIAN TIRE, CAPITAL ONE, TD
– Hockey Terms That Are Also Food Items: APPLE, BISCUIT, GRINDER, ICING
Don’t worry if you didn’t guess right. There’ll be new sports Connections tomorrow, and we’ll be back with more hints.
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