Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Aug. 5 #316
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Lots of logos in today’s connections: Sports Edition. So if you know team identities by their graphics, you could suck it. Read the rest for advice and answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is out of the beta version, making its debut on the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 9. This is a sign that the game won enough loyal players that the sports journalism site based on the Times subscription, will continue to publish it. It does not appear in the Nyt Games application but now appears in the own application of athletics. Or you can continue to play for free online.
Find out more: Nyt Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle comes out of the beta version
Tips for today’s connections: Sports publishing groups
Here are four tips for groups in today’s connections: Sports Edition Puzzle, classified from the easiest yellow group to the hard (and sometimes weird) group.
Yellow group index: Ante Up!
Green group index: Football team group.
Blue group index: Halloween color.
Violet group index: Do not finish, but …
Answers for today’s connections: Sports publishing groups
Yellow group: Hands in poker.
Green group: NFC West teams.
Blue group: Teams that wear orange.
Violet group: To start ____.
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What are the connections today: Sports Edition answers?
NYT connections completed: Sports Edition for August 5, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s connections
The theme is the hands of poker. The four answers are hunting, full house, straight and two pairs.
Green words in today’s connections
The theme is the NFC West teams. The four responses are 49ers, cardinals, Rams and Seahawks.
Blue words in today’s connections
The theme is teams that wear orange. The four responses are Bengals, Syracuse, Tennessee and Texas.
Violet words in today’s connections
The theme is to start ____. The four responses are 5, blocks, alignment and launcher.
