Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Dec. 15 #448
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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is tough. There are some crazy terms in the green group, especially. 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: College division.
Green group index: Got it!
Blue group index: Hoopster’s CV.
Purple group index: Found at the beach.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Big 12 teams.
Green Group: Baseball catch descriptors.
Blue group: Teams Skylar Diggins played for.
Purple group: Sand ____.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by December 15, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is Big 12 teams. The four answers are the Cowboys, Mountaineers, Red Raiders and Wildcats.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is baseball catch descriptors. The four answers are basket, circus, shoelace and snow cone.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is teams that Skylar Diggins played for. The four answers are Fighting Irish, Mercury, Storm and Wings.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is sand ____. The four answers are bagging, batching, trapping, and cornering.
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