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NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle #343 is the edition for September 1, 2025. Use the color-ordered clues below to work through the groups without seeing the solutions—or jump to the clearly marked answer key when you’re ready.
How to approach puzzle #343
Connections Sports Edition is described as a daily puzzle with 16 words to sort into four groups of four. The sports-focused game is associated with The New York Times and The Athletic. Parade reproduces the NYT instruction as: “group sports terms that share a common thread.”
Try to identify a shared link among four terms before checking a category clue. The published clue order is yellow, green, blue, then purple, so you can reveal them one at a time and stop whenever you have enough to solve.
Progressive hints
Yellow
Get on the diamond.
Green
Often played on the beach.
Blue
Think William.
Purple
Some teams play in suburbs.
Category answers
Ready to see the group themes? The four categories, in the puzzle’s color order, are:
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- Yellow: Baseball positions
- Green: Volleyball positions
- Blue: Football coaches named Bill
- Purple: Actual MLS home cities or towns
Full answer key
Spoilers below: each group contains the four terms reported for puzzle #343.
- Baseball positions: CENTER FIELDER, FIRST BASEMAN, PITCHER, SHORTSTOP
- Volleyball positions: LIBERO, MIDDLE BLOCKER, OUTSIDE HITTER, SETTER
- Football coaches named Bill: BELICHICK, COWHER, PARCELLS, WALSH
- Actual MLS home cities or towns: CHESTER, FOXBORO, FRISCO, SANDY
Sources and spelling note
Parade and Yahoo Sports’ Mashable-sourced guide report the same categories and answer groups. Parade renders the football coach’s name as “COWER”; Yahoo Sports spells it “COWHER,” the spelling used in this answer key.
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- Parade’s September 1, 2025 Connections Sports Edition guide
- Yahoo Sports / Mashable’s September 1, 2025 guide
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