NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle #409 is the board for Thursday, November 6, 2025. Its four groups connect throwing events, football running plays, fantasy sports apps, and NBA players who attended Kentucky. Spoiler-safe clues are below before the full answer key.
How Connections Sports Edition works
Connections Sports Edition presents 16 sports-related words for you to sort into four groups of four. The game resets at midnight Eastern, according to Parade’s November 6, 2025 guide, which describes the puzzle as a partnership between The New York Times and The Athletic. The NYT site’s instruction is to “group sports terms that share a common thread.”
Hints for November 6, 2025
Try to identify the connection in each group before opening the answer key.
- Yellow: Toss it!
- Green: Take off with the pigskin.
- Blue: Are you in a league?
- Purple: Pro Wildcats.
Connections #409 answers
The four categories and their words are:
- Yellow — Throwing events: DISCUS, HAMMER, JAVELIN, SHOT PUT.
- Green — Football running plays: COUNTER, DRAW, SWEEP, TOSS.
- Blue — Fantasy sports apps: ESPN, FANTRAX, SLEEPER, YAHOO.
- Purple — Kentucky basketball alumni in the NBA: FOX, MONK, QUICKLEY, TOWNS.
Source
The puzzle number, date, hints, and answer groups are reported in Parade’s guide published November 6, 2025. It is a secondary guide, not an official NYT answer key.
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