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Today Connections: Sports Edition is a real challenge. That purple category wants you to look for something related in four different words, and that’s difficult. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site of The Times. It won’t appear on the NYT Games app, but it will appear on The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it online for free.
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Tips 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 difficult (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Something you keep.
Green group hint: An Olympic sport.
Blue group hint: Toronto pitchers.
Purple group hint: Think about the alphabet and look for something that is hidden.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Memento.
Green group: Types of wrestling.
Blue group: Blue Jays win Cy Young Award.
Purple group: Ends in a homophone for a letter of the alphabet.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for December 27, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is memory. The four answers are collectibles, keepsakes, memorabilia and souvenirs.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is wrestling. The four answers are arm, freestyle, Greco-Roman and sumo.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Blue Jays to win the Cy Young Award. The four answers are Clemens, Halladay, Hentgen and Ray.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme ends on a homophone for a letter of the alphabet. The four answers are batting eye (I), blue jay (J), golf tee (T) and pool cue (Q).
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