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Today's Connections: Sports Edition represents one of the classic and challenging purple categories. You will need to look for words within words to get this grouping. (Or just solve the other three and get purple by default.) If you can't solve today's puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for the hints and answers.
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Tips for Today's Groups Connections: Sports Edition
Here are four grouping clues in today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, from the simplest yellow grouping to the challenging (and sometimes bizarre) purple grouping.
Yellow group hint: Maybe on the beach.
Green group hint: Deal me in.
Blue group hint: Not necessarily Jim.
Purple group hint: Look at the final part of the words.
Answers to Today's Connections Groups: Sports Edition
Yellow group: Volleyball conditions.
Green group: Poker conditions.
Blue group: Jameses.
Purple group: Ends up with an NWSL team.
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What are today's Connections: Sports Edition answers?
Completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle by December 1, 2025.
Yellow words in today's connections
Topic: volleyball terminology. The four answers are dig, feed, set and tenon.
Green words in today's connections
The topic is poker terms. Four answers: blind, flop, river and turn.
Blue words in today's connections
Subject: James. Four answers: Cook, Harden, Shields and Worthy.
Purple words in today's connections
The topic ends with the NWSL team. The four answers are bullshit (Houston Dash), simultaneous (Kansas City Current), foreign (Seattle Rain), and microwave (San Diego Wave).
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