NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints (Friday 3rd July)
Overview & Key Takeaways
It's that time of the day again! Connections time! If what was meant to be a relaxing brain teaser has you pulling your hair out instead, you're not the only one.
It happens to the best of us. Luckily, we've got plenty of hints to get you through the Connections puzzle every day!
It's that time of the day again! Connections time! If what was meant to be a relaxing brain teaser has you pulling your hair out instead, you're not the only one.
It happens to the best of us. Luckily, we've got plenty of hints to get you through the Connections puzzle every day!
Click here to play today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle!
Connections: Sports Edition hint for Friday 3rd July
Here are today’s Connections: Sports Edition hints:
- 🟨 Yellow hint: Shake the defender.
- 🟩 Green hint: Like us, with your daily Connections hints!
- 🟦 Blue hint: Dodgers legends honored beyond baseball.
- 🟪 Purple hint: One baseball word, four answers.
- Extra hint 1: Three categories are sports related, the other is about personal qualities.
- Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'D'
Need an extra hint or two? Click the spoiler tabs below to see one word from each group:
- 🟨 Yellow: Juke
- 🟩 Green: Steady
- 🟦 Blue: Duke
- 🟪 Purple: Coach
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: Move To Evade A Defender
- 🟩 Green: Dependable
- 🟦 Blue: Dodgers In The Basketball Hall Of Fame, Familiarly
- 🟪 Purple: Pitching ___
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 Friday 3rd July:
- 🟨 Yellow: Move To Evade A Defender (Deke, Juke, Sidestep, Spin)
- 🟩 Green: Dependable (Consistent, Reliable, Steady, Unfailing)
- 🟦 Blue: Dodgers In The Basketball Hall Of Fame, Familiarly (Duke, Jackie, Pee Wee, Sandy)
- 🟪 Purple: Pitching ___ (Coach, Machine, Staff, Wedge)
This Connections: Sports Edition puzzle blended athletic terminology with a touch of general vocab. That was the first group to get sorted for me, followed by yellow, blue, then purple. I did get a little mixed up with the yellow and blue answers, but I got there in the end! And so did you.
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.
