Connections: Sports Edition puzzle #283 was published on Thursday, July 3, 2025. Start with the spoiler-safe clues below, then reveal the four categories and all 16 answers when you’re ready.
Spoiler-safe hints for Connections #283
- Yellow: Football voices.
- Green: Light the cauldron.
- Blue: Not green or yellow.
- Purple: Sounds like a name.
Category reveals and answers
Ready for the solution? These are the four categories and their words, with the answer spellings and capitalization preserved.
Yellow — NFL broadcasters
CBS, ESPN, FOX, PRIME
Green — U.S. Olympic host cities
ATLANTA, LAKE PLACID, LOS ANGELES, ST. LOUIS
Blue — Teams with the color blue in their nicknames
CHELSEA, COLUMBUS, CREIGHTON, TORONTO
Purple — Homophones of Baseball Hall of Famers
BOGS, MAIZE, MANTEL, RAINS
How Connections: Sports Edition works
The New York Times Help Center describes the format this way: “Players are given 16 words and must find groups of four items that share something in common.” The categories range from yellow, the easiest, to purple, the trickiest. Sports Edition follows the same rules as the standard game.
Where to play—and whether #283 is archived
The Help Center lists the NYT Games app and website, the NYT News app, and The Athletic website and app as places to play Sports Edition. The daily game releases at midnight in the player’s timezone.
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The official Help Center says Sports Edition does not have an archive. As a result, it does not promise that this past puzzle can be replayed through an official archive.
Quick Recap
Rank #2
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