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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a fun puzzle. Hope you’re familiar with poker! If you’re struggling but still want to solve it, keep reading for hints and answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, a subscription-based sports news website owned by The New York Times. The puzzle does not appear in the NYT Games app, but it does appear in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it online for free.
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Here are hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from easiest yellow group to hardest (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow Group Hint: The team you’re up against.
Green Group Hint: Poker terms.
Blue Group Hint: Related to Derek Jeter.
Purple Group Hint: Buffalo ___.
Here are the answers:
The theme is opponent. The four answers are: enemy, foe, rival and opponent.
Green Group: Texas Hold’em terms. The four answers are blind, flop, river and turn.
Blue Group: Associated with Derek Jeter. The four answers are 2, captain, New York and shortstop.
Purple Group: ____ Bulls. The four answers are Buffalo, Chicago, Red and South Florida.
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Source: CNET