Today’s Connections (Sports Edition) keeps things mostly quarterback-friendly, with one category that clicks quickly if you know your college football mascots. There’s also a purple group that feels a little “wait, what?”—the kind of clue that rewards trying the missing pattern against the word itself.
Hints
Yellow (easiest): Think of the people at the very top—the roles that oversee an organization and make the final call.
Green: These are college football team names tied to the SEC—mascots you’d recognize from rivalry Saturdays.
Blue: All of these items start with “QB” energy, but the first names are the giveaway: they’re different quarterbacks who share the same first name.
Purple (tougher): A common phrase missing the same word at the end. The blank goes with ideas like making adjustments, changing your routine, and shifting the atmosphere.
Answers
Yellow group (Heads of an organization): brass, leadership, management, team officials
Green group (An SEC athlete): Aggie, Gamecock, Sooner, Volunteer
Blue group (QB Drews): Allar, Bledsoe, Brees, Lock
Purple group (____ up): change, tune, warm, wind
If you got stuck, a useful trick is to treat Connections like a mini word-logic puzzle: once one category locks in (like the shared “Drew” quarterback first name), use that momentum to test candidate words against the category pattern (like the consistent “____ up” blank) instead of trying to brute-force every pairing.
