These are the hints and answers for Connections: Sports Edition #173, published Saturday, March 15, 2025. Try the clues first if you want to solve it yourself; the category names and full answer groups follow below.
Hints for Connections: Sports Edition #173
Use the clues in order, from broadest to most revealing. Each points toward one group of four words.
- Yellow: Think of activities or sports done on the water.
- Green: Look for baseball terms that can also refer to food.
- Blue: These athletes share the same first name.
- Purple: These are sports that do not use a ball.
What are the March 15, 2025 Connections Sports Edition categories?
The four categories for puzzle #173 are Boat Sports; Baseball Terms That Are Also Food; Famous Sporting Tims; and Sports That Don’t Use a Ball. The puzzle is the Sports Edition, not the regular Connections edition.
Connections Sports Edition #173 answers
| Color | Category | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Boat Sports | CANOEING, KAYAKING, ROWING, SAILING |
| Green | Baseball Terms That Are Also Food | CAN OF CORN, JAM, PICKLE, TATER |
| Blue | Famous Sporting Tims | BROWN, DUNCAN, HORTON, SALMON |
| Purple | Sports That Don’t Use a Ball | BADMINTON, CURLING, DARTS, ICE HOCKEY |
Why the groups fit
- Boat Sports: Canoeing, kayaking, rowing, and sailing are all boat-based activities.
- Baseball Terms That Are Also Food: “Can of corn,” “jam,” “pickle,” and “tater” can each function as baseball language as well as food-related terms. Keep CAN OF CORN together as one answer.
- Famous Sporting Tims: Brown, Duncan, Horton, and Salmon are surnames of well-known sports figures whose first name is Tim.
- Sports That Don’t Use a Ball: Badminton, curling, darts, and ice hockey complete the final set.
About this edition
Contemporaneous guides from Parade and Yahoo Sports identify this as Sports Edition puzzle #173, dated March 15, 2025, and report the same categories and answers.
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