Puzzle #759 Thu, Oct 22, 2026
Yesterday · Puzzle #759

Yesterday's Connections Sports Edition Answer

Thu, Oct 22, 2026Updated By Connections Hint

Spoiler-safe. Nothing is grouped until you open it. Start with a single nudge per group, then the category names, then the full solution only if you need it.

That day's 16 words
the grid, ungrouped
MASCOTSCURRYBOOBIRDPROTECTIONBREAKUPGROUNDSKEEPERRUSHUSHERGNASHMANNINGINTERFERENCETITTLESIMMSDESERVINGDARTSECURITY GUARD
Hints by group
reveal only what you need
Yellow groupeasiest
See a hint
One answer is MASCOT
See the category
WORKERS AT A STADIUM
See the 4 words
SECURITY GUARD · GROUNDSKEEPER · USHER · MASCOT
Green groupmedium
See a hint
One answer is TITTLE
See the category
GIANTS QBS, PAST AND PRESENT
See the 4 words
DART · MANNING · SIMMS · TITTLE
Blue grouptricky
See a hint
One answer is PROTECTION
See the category
PASS _____
See the 4 words
RUSH · INTERFERENCE · BREAKUP · PROTECTION
Purple grouphardest
See a hint
One answer is DESERVING
See the category
ENDS IN AN NBA MVP
See the 4 words
GNASH · BOOBIRD · SCURRY · DESERVING
The four categories
Reveal the four category names
WORKERS AT A STADIUMYellow
GIANTS QBS, PAST AND PRESENTGreen
PASS _____Blue
ENDS IN AN NBA MVPPurple
The full answer
Reveal all four groups
WORKERS AT A STADIUMYellow
SECURITY GUARD · GROUNDSKEEPER · USHER · MASCOT
GIANTS QBS, PAST AND PRESENTGreen
DART · MANNING · SIMMS · TITTLE
PASS _____Blue
RUSH · INTERFERENCE · BREAKUP · PROTECTION
ENDS IN AN NBA MVPPurple
GNASH · BOOBIRD · SCURRY · DESERVING
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Background & guide

Yesterday's puzzle, explained

Here is the complete grouping for yesterday's Connections Sports Edition, in the order the puzzle ranks them: yellow first as the most direct, then green, then blue, and purple last as the one built on wordplay. If you finished with one group left standing, it was almost certainly purple.

Reading a puzzle you already lost

The useful question is not which words you missed but which pairing pulled you off course. Sports Edition sets its traps by putting a word that clearly belongs to one sport next to three others that only appear to. Spotting that pattern once makes the same trick visible the next time it shows up.

Playing today's puzzle instead? Today's hints are laid out the same way, one layer at a time, and the past week of answers is collected on its own page.

FAQ
Which day does this page show?
The puzzle from the previous calendar day, New York time. It updates automatically at midnight, when today's puzzle takes over the hints page.
Can I look up an older Sports Edition puzzle?
Yes. Every past puzzle is in the archive, grouped by year, and each day has its own page with the full grouping.
Why are the groups ordered yellow, green, blue, purple?
That is the puzzle's own difficulty order. Yellow is the most literal category and purple is usually the wordplay one, so reading them in order shows how the puzzle was meant to unfold.