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Today’s Connection: Sports Edition Zinger with purple category. How are you doing on Anagrams? If you can look at the words and quickly see how to piece together their letters into another word, you have this puzzle! If you are struggling but still want to fix it, keep reading the tips and answers.
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Today’s contact tips: Sports Edition Group
Here are four tips for grouping in today’s connections: Sports Edition puzzles, rankings from the simplest yellow group to the tough (sometimes strange) purple group.
Yellow group tips: Nadia or Olga.
Green group tips: Go to the gym.
Blue group tips: Best Player of College Football.
Purple Group Tips: Basketball team, but mixed.
Today’s contact answer: Sports Edition Group
Yellow group: Gymnastics equipment.
Green Group:practise.
Blue group: Heisman Trophy winner.
Purple group: Anagram for the NBA team.
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What is the connection today: Sports version answer?
Complete NYT Connections: The 11th September 2025 Sports Edition puzzle.
Yellow words in today’s connection
The theme is gymnastics equipment. The four answers are bars, beams, floors and vaults.
Green Words in Today’s Connection
The theme is practice. These four answers are Burpee, Crunch, Lunge and Crouch.
Blue Words in Today’s Connection
The theme is Heisman Trophy winner. The four answers are caves, bushes, crouches and Tebow.
Purple Words in Today’s Connection
The theme is the word for the NBA team. These four answers are parrots (raptors), reviews (pawers), sent (net) and shortened (wasp).
