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Tips for today’s connections: Sports Edition kits
Here are four pool hints in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzles, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group tip: cast line.
Green group tip: Get that base.
Blue group tip: Midway Monsters.
Purple group hint: Tampering with team names.
Answers to Today’s Communications: Collections Mathematical Edition
Yellow group: Hunting terminology.
Green group: Basic operating results.
Blue group: Members of the Chicago Bears.
Purple group: MLS teams, with the first letter changed.
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What is Today’s Communications: Sports Edition Answers?
NYT Connections Puzzle: Mathematical Edition Completed December 29, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s communications
The topic is hunting terminology. The four answers are popper, hook, lure and reel.
Green words in today’s communications
The topic is the basic results. The four answers are pickle, pick, steal, and mark.
Blue words in today’s communications
The topic is members of the Chicago Bears. The four answers are Kmet, Loveland, Sweat and Swift.
Purple words in today’s communications
The subject is MLS teams, with the first letter changed. The four answers are Founders (Saunders), Hires (Fire), Parties (Timbers), and Onions (Union).
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