Connections
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Sixteen tiles, four hidden groups. Our sports spin on the puzzle everyone's playing: mind the wordplay traps.
Connections: Pro Football
The wordplay group is built to fool you
Connections: NFL Team Names
Four team names turn into verbs
Connections: QB Room
The word group starts under center
Connections: Backfield
The first-name trap starts in the backfield
Connections: Defensive Stands
Four legends are hiding as everyday words
Connections: Ring Night
Four Super Bowl MVPs double as plain words
Connections: Wideout Workshop
The plant route has one extra decoy
Connections: Tight End Room
One Hall of Famer opens the wrong door
Connections: Head Coach Huddle
The name game has a championship decoy
Connections: Draft Day History
A top pick doubles as plain-word bait
Connections: Special Teams Unit
The everyday-word group has a Hall of Fame fakeout
Connections: Franchise Time Machine
Four baseball names once belonged to pro football
Connections: Stadium Road Trip
The Bowl group is bigger than the Super Bowl
Connections: Awards Night
The final four names belong on trophies
Connections: Rivalry Week
Four Washington surnames hide in plain English
Connections: Jersey Identity
Four player names double as colors
Connections: Offensive Line
Sort the legends from the blocks
Connections: The Secondary
Lock down all four groups
Connections: Hardwood
One tile is a team hiding in plain sight
Connections: GOAT Lineup
Every group crosses a different sport
Connections: Diamond
A legendary arm is hiding out of position
Connections: The Pitch
Half the board is bait for the wrong group
Connections: World Cup History
The Cup words look too obvious until they don't
Connections: World Cup Legends
The everyday-word surnames are the trap
Connections: World Cup Nights
South Korea is the host-shaped bait
Connections: On the Ice
The last four tiles share a hidden theme
Connections: NHL Team Names
One group hides in plain grammar
Connections: NHL Legends
The plain-word names are the trap
Connections: NHL Trophy Case
The trophies split two different ways
Connections: NHL Franchise File
Franchise history gets slippery fast
Connections: NHL Rink Lingo
The rink vocabulary doubles back
Connections: Center Court
One great's name doubles as a call from the chair
Connections: Animal Kingdom
Four of the animals are actually players
Connections: Full Throttle
Four legends are disguised as everyday words
Connections: Gold Rush
Four real sports masquerade as ordinary words
Connections: The Sideline
Every name is bait for another group
Connections: The 19th Hole
Some tiles are scores, some are nicknames
Connections: Saturday Icons
The Heisman group hides in plain English
Connections: March Madness
Bracketology turns ordinary words into bait
Connections: The W
Bird is the first-overall bait
Connections: The Crease
The plain verbs are secretly cricket words
Connections: Squared Circle
The kayfabe words are the hidden finish
Connections: USC Trojans
Fight On through four Trojan groups
Connections: LSU Tigers
Geaux sort four generations of Tigers
Connections: Oklahoma Sooners
Boomer Sooner in four clean groups
Connections: Alabama Crimson Tide
Trust the Process across all four groups
Connections: Texas Longhorns
Hook 'em through four hidden groups
Connections: Dynasty Decades
Sort three dynasties and one name game
Connections: Famous Defenses
Name the units behind the nicknames
Connections: Relocated Legends
Track the legends across eras and cities
Connections: Draft Night
Read the card before the clock expires
Connections: Iconic Numbers
Match legends by the numbers
Connections: Ohio State Buckeyes
Sort four groups from the Horseshoe
Connections: Michigan Wolverines
Go Blue through four hidden groups
Connections: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Find the gold beneath four Irish groups
Connections: Georgia Bulldogs
Call the Dawgs across four groups
Connections: Miami Hurricanes
Bring the U's swagger to four groups
Connections FAQ
How does sports connections work?๏ผ
You get sixteen tiles that hide four secret groups of four. Select four tiles you think belong together and lock them in: if they share a group, the row clears; if not, you burn a mistake. Solve all four groups to win.
How many mistakes am I allowed?๏ผ
Four. Use them all before clearing the board and the puzzle ends, so save your guesses for groups you are confident about and start with the one you are surest of.
Any tips for solving connections puzzles?๏ผ
Watch for wordplay traps: the puzzle loves tiles that look like they belong to one group but actually anchor another. Finding the trickiest group first often unlocks the rest.
Are the connections puzzles free?๏ผ
Yes, every puzzle is free to play in your browser.