NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle #292 is from Saturday, July 12, 2025. Start with the four indirect hints below; category names and the complete answer groups follow after spoiler breaks.
Hints for July 12, 2025
These hints point toward each group without listing its words:
- Yellow: Show Me State.
- Green: Old Line State.
- Blue: Gridiron greats.
- Purple: Names begin with a certain creature.
Category names
Stop here if you want to solve using the category clues before seeing the answers.
- Yellow: Missouri teams
- Green: Maryland teams
- Blue: Hall of Fame football coaches
- Purple: Sports people or terms starting with an animal
Answers for Connections: Sports Edition #292
Spoilers: The four complete groups are:
- Missouri teams: BLUES, CARDINALS, CHIEFS, ROYALS.
- Maryland teams: MARYLAND, NAVY, ORIOLES, RAVENS.
- Hall of Fame football coaches: LEVY, MADDEN, NOLL, SHULA.
- Sports people or terms starting with an animal: BATTER, CATCHINGS, COWHERD, DOGLEG.
How the game is organized
Connections: Sports Edition presents 16 words to sort into four groups of four. The goal, as Parade quotes the NYT site, is to “group sports terms that share a common thread.” The game is a collaboration between The New York Times and The Athletic.
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This guide covers the archived July 12, 2025 puzzle, not a current daily puzzle. A NewsATW guide published that month said the game appeared in The Athletic app and was also playable free online at the time. That historical description does not establish present-day app placement or pricing.
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