Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for March 5 #528
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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition offers some false leads. Arsenal are a famous football team, of course, but that’s not how they’re used here. 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: Useful things.
Green group index: Baseball players hang out here.
Blue group index: March Madness.
Purple group index: George RR of Game of Thrones fame.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Tools.
Green group: Found in a dugout.
Blue group: Final Four of last year’s NCAA men’s tournament.
Purple group: ____Martin.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by March 5, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is tools. The four answers are arsenal, bag, repertoire, and skill set.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is found in a canoe. The four answers are bubble gum, Gatorade, sunflower seeds and water.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is the Final Four of last year’s NCAA men’s tournament. The four answers are Auburn, Duke, Florida and Houston.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ Martin. The four answers are Aston, Curtis, Kate and Kenyon.
