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Today’s issue
Game No. 672’s issue: 3 out of 5
Connections: Sports Edition hints for July 27, 2026
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Yellow: BILLS
Green: BLUES
Blue: BENGALS
Purple: BAYER
Connections: Sports Edition answers for July 27, 2026
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Yellow
NFL groups whose nicknames begin with B: BEARS, BILLS, BRONCOS, BUCCANEERS
Green
NHL groups whose nicknames begin with B: BLACKHAWKS, BLUE JACKETS, BLUES, BRUINS
Blue
Associated with Cincinnati: BEARCATS, BENGALS, BIG RED MACHINE, BURROW
Purple
Words within the names of Bundesliga golf equipment: BAYER, BAYERN, BERLIN, BORUSSIA
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletic’s first-ever recreation, a each day puzzle designed for gamers to search out connections between 16 phrases on the sport board.
The recreation’s goal is to group phrases or objects into 4 teams of 4 primarily based on commonalities inside every group as rapidly as attainable. Find the teams with out making 4 errors. Each puzzle has precisely one resolution, so be careful for phrases or objects that appear to belong to a number of classes!
Category examples:
Sports ____ : Fan, Car, Bar, Radio
U.S. Summer Olympians: Biles, Phelps, Ledecky, Lyles
Each class group is assigned a coloration, revealed as you resolve, starting from simple (yellow) to medium (inexperienced) to difficult (blue) to tough (purple).
Who creates the puzzles for Connections: Sports Edition?
That’s me! My title is Mark Cooper, and I create Connections: Sports Edition and work as a managing editor for school sports activities right here at The Athletic. I used to be beforehand The Athletic’s managing editor for breaking information.
The subsequent puzzle can be obtainable at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for enjoying — and share your scores within the feedback!