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NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle #510 is the Sunday, February 15, 2026 board. Its 16 terms split into four groups of four. Start with the spoiler-light hints below; the category names and complete answers follow in a separate spoiler section.
Hints for Connections Sports Edition #510
The hints below follow the puzzle’s category order, from yellow through purple. They point toward each connection without listing the answers.
- Yellow: Lillehammer is another one.
- Green: Great White North.
- Blue: Think Chloe Kim.
- Purple: Look for a hidden word.
Tips to solve today’s Connections
The NYT game instructions, as quoted in Parade’s guide, describe the task as “group sports terms that share a common thread.” For this board, check whether a set points to a place, a national team, a sport’s vocabulary, or a word concealed at the end of a longer term. If you are still solving, use the hints above before opening the answers below.
Spoilers: February 15 answers and categories
Stop here if you want to solve the board first. Parade’s guide gives these four categories and groups for puzzle #510:
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- Yellow — Previous Winter Olympic hosts: ALBERTVILLE, CHAMONIX, OSLO, ST. MORITZ
- Green — Canada men’s hockey players: CELEBRINI, CROSBY, MARNER, MCDAVID
- Blue — Snowboarding terms: CORK, FRONTSIDE, GOOFY, MCTWIST
- Purple — Ends in a piece of winter sports equipment: CHEAPSKATE, CHOPSTICK, LIPINSKI, MILESTONE
The purple connection is based on the final hidden words: skate, stick, ski, and stone.
About this puzzle
Connections Sports Edition is a New York Times and The Athletic partnership. Parade’s guide identifies this board as the February 15, 2026 edition, puzzle #510, and supplies its hints, categories, and answers.
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