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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is tough. If you’re familiar with team uniforms, you might have a chance. 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: Oops !
Green group index: In the past, there was a ballpark.
Blue group index: Winter athletes.
Purple group index: Uniform shades.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Error.
Green Group: Names of MLB stadiums.
Blue group: Famous American alpine skiers.
Purple group: Teams that wear black and white.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition finished for December 7, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is error. The four answers are blunder, mistake, botch, and screamer.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is MLB stadium names. The four answers are Busch, Coors, Fenway and Nationals.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is that of famous American alpine skiers. The four answers are Miller, Shiffrin, Street and Vonn.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is teams wearing black and white. The four answers are Juventus, Nets, Newcastle and White Sox.
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