Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Nov. 5 #408
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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition are quite diverse. The blue answers stood out to me right away, because some of them are very famous and the others felt like they belonged to those names. If you’re having trouble but still want to resolve 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: How to watch a match.
Green group index: Soccer.
Blue group index: Stunned!
Purple group index: Not a racing game.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Ways to consume a sporting event.
Green group: NWSL teams.
Blue group: Triple Crown horse racing winners.
Purple group: Pass ____.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by November 5, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is ways of consuming a sporting event. The four responses are in person, radio, streaming and television.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is NWSL teams. The four answers are Current, Dash, Pride and Spirit.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Triple Crown horse racing winners. The four answers are Citation, Gallant Fox, Omaha and Secretariat.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is pass ____. The four responses are rupture, interference, protection and rush.
