If you hit a wall with today’s Connections, you’re not alone. This Sports Edition set leans into four very specific themes—some straightforward, others delightfully niche for music and baseball fans.
Below are category hints in increasing order of difficulty, followed by the full answers.
Hints
Yellow group (easiest): Think of the different ways sports teams label a young newcomer—someone early in their career.
Green group: A conference identity is the clue here: names that fit college athletes playing in the Big 12.
Blue group: This one is for music fans. The target words are artists known for stadium-ready anthems—songs people belt out in big moments.
Purple group (toughest): Look to a single MLB franchise and the names tied to it—players whose last names belong to the same club.
Answers
Yellow group (Terms used for a young athlete): frosh, prospect, rook, tenderfoot
Green group (A Big 12 athlete): Bearcat, Buffalo, Cougar, Knight
Blue group (Artists of iconic stadium anthems): AC/DC, Darude, Queen, Survivor
Purple group (Members of the San Diego Padres): Bogaerts, King, Sheets, Tatis
What makes this puzzle especially satisfying is how cleanly each category “snaps” into place once you pick the right lens—youth labels, conference mascots, crowd-sung artists, and then the Padres roster puzzle-piece at the end.