Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Feb. 11 #506
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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is tough today. Some words in the purple category were completely new to me. 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: Step up to the plate.
Green group index: Collegiate division.
Blue group index:Robert.
Purple group index: Goaaaaaal!
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Involved in an at-bat.
Green Group: A Big 12 athlete.
Blue group:Bobs.
Purple group: Football slang.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by February 11, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is involved in an at-bat. The four answers are catcher, batter, pitcher and umpire.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is a Big 12 athlete. The four answers are Cyclone, Jayhawk, Sun Devil and Ute.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Bobs. The four answers are Beamon, Costas, Feller and Uecker.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is football slang. The four answers are screamer, screamer, guardian and globalist.
