Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is easy to navigate if you are familiar with college towns in the Midwest.

This iteration of the beloved New York Times word game challenges sports enthusiasts to showcase their knowledge.

As with the original Connections, the objective is to identify “common connections among words.” Comparable to Wordle, Connections refreshes daily at midnight, and each subsequent set of words increases in difficulty — hence, we’ve compiled some hints and strategies to assist you.

If you’re looking for the solution to today’s puzzle, you can jump straight to the end of this article. However, if you prefer to tackle it independently, keep reading for tips, hints, and methods.

What is Connections: Sports Edition?

The NYT‘s newest daily word game, in partnership with The Athletic, the sports journalism branch of the New York Times, is now accessible. Connections is playable on web browsers and mobile devices, asking players to group four words that have a shared theme.

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Each puzzle features 16 words categorized into four groups. These groups may include various elements such as book titles, software, or country names. While several words might appear to connect, there is only one correct grouping.

When a player successfully identifies all four words within a category, those words are eliminated from the board. An incorrect selection counts as a fault — players are allowed up to four mistakes before the game concludes.

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Players can also reorganize and shuffle the board to facilitate recognizing connections. Furthermore, each group is color-coded: yellow denotes the simplest, trailed by green, blue, and purple. Similar to Wordle, results can be shared with friends via social media.