NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints (Wed 1st July)

It might be hump day, but the NYT waits for no one! Connections never sleeps, and if you don't solve it, you lose your streak to the digital abyss.

Depending on the size of your streak, that could be devastating! If you need a hint for today's puzzle, we've got plenty.

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Connections: Sports Edition hint for Wednesday 1st July

Here are today’s Connections: Sports Edition hints:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: Where fans gather to watch the game.
• 🟩 Green hint: Nations from North and Central America.
• 🟦 Blue hint: Roaring mascots.
• 🟪 Purple hint: Same name, different sports.
• Extra hint 1: All groups are sports-related today.
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'U'

Need an extra hint or two? Click the spoiler tabs below to see one word from each group:

• 🟨 Yellow: Suite
• 🟩 Green: Mexico
• 🟦 Blue: England
• 🟪 Purple: Poles

Spoiler warning! The answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle are listed below! Continue at your own risk.

Today's Connections: Sports Edition groups

If these hints aren’t quite cutting it, we’ve got more below. Here are the four correct Connections: Sports Edition group themes, a.k.a. the ideas that link all four words together.

Here are the Connections: Sports Edition groups for today:

• 🟨 Yellow: Stadium Seating Sections
• 🟩 Green: Concacaf Teams in World Cup
• 🟦 Blue: Teams With Lion Nicknames
• 🟪 Purple: Ryans

Now that you’ve got all our hints, try the puzzle again and see how you go! Otherwise, check the full answers below.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections: Sports Edition answers lie ahead!

Today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers

Here are the answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle on Wednesday 1st July:

• 🟨 Yellow: Stadium Seating Sections (Bleachers, Mezzanine, Suite, Upper Deck)
• 🟩 Green: Concacaf Teams in World Cup (Canada, Curacao, Mexico, United States)
• 🟦 Blue: Teams With Lion Nicknames (Columbia, Detroit, England, Penn State)
• 🟪 Purple: Ryans (Crouser, Day, Fitzpatrick, Poles)

This puzzle covered a wide range of sports knowledge, from stadium layouts to international comps. It also quizzed you on how well you know your Ryans! The Ryans were the last ones to fall into place for me today. Sorry Ryans.

Let us know how today’s puzzle went for you in the comments below! Here's my grid:

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And that’s a wrap on today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle! Hopefully these handy hints were able to get you over the finish line. If not, a new puzzle comes out at midnight, so you can try again.