Need help with the Friday, October 24, 2025 Connections: Sports Edition board? This is the Sports Edition puzzle—not the standard Connections puzzle from the same date. Start with the spoiler-light nudges below; category names and the complete answers are farther down.
Gentle hints for the October 24 puzzle
These clues point toward each group without naming its full connection:
- Yellow: You get one for winning.
- Green: A pin is another one.
- Blue: Think of the Los Angeles baseball team.
- Purple: The missing word is a color, but it is not red or green.
Category names
Spoilers below: These labels reveal the connections, but not yet every word in each group.
- Yellow: Award
- Green: Wrestling terms
- Blue: Nicknames for the Dodgers franchise over time
- Purple: Words that follow “blue”
Full answers for puzzle #396
Full spoilers: Parade identifies this Sports Edition board as puzzle #396. The four groups below are also reported by Forbes; both guides give the same answers.
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| Category | Words |
|---|---|
| Yellow — Award | CUP, MEDAL, PLAQUE, TROPHY |
| Green — Wrestling terms | ESCAPE, FALL, SINGLET, TAKEDOWN |
| Blue — Dodgers franchise nicknames over time | BRIDEGROOMS, DODGERS, ROBINS, SUPERBAS |
| Purple — Blue____ | DEVILS, JACKETS, JAYS, LINE |
What this Sports Edition puzzle is
Connections: Sports Edition is described by Parade as a sports-focused, 16-word daily game associated with The New York Times and The Athletic. The goal is to sort the words into four groups of four that share a connection. Parade quotes the NYT instruction as: “group sports terms that share a common thread.” Forbes likewise describes a 16-word board and notes that wordplay and red herrings can make connections less obvious.
Parade says the game resets at 12 a.m. EST, and both guides direct readers to the NYT website to play. Those descriptions do not establish current access or subscription requirements. The dated answers here are corroborated by Parade’s guide published October 24, 2025, and Forbes’ guide published the prior evening; they are not presented as a direct archival verification from NYT.
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