Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Feb. 8 #503
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It’s Super Bowl Sunday! Today’s edition of Connections: Sports Edition is dedicated to big 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: Caller numbers.
Green group index: Prince shook it in the rain.
Blue group index: Best player in the big game.
Purple group index: Comes after the name of this event.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Statistics for a QB.
Green Group: Performers performing at the Super Bowl halftime show.
Blue group: Super Bowl MVP.
Purple group: Super Bowl ____.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by February 8, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is statistics for a QB. The four answers are completions, interceptions, touchdowns and yards.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is Super Bowl halftime show performers. The four answers are Gaga, Lamar, Mars and Petty.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Super Bowl MVPs. The four answers are Branch, Hurts, Montana and Rice.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is Super Bowl ____. The four answers are LX, MVP, squares and Sunday.
