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Connections: Franchise Time Machine

Old cities and forgotten names turn the NFL map into a history test.

How it works

  1. 1. Find four groups of four hidden in the 16 tiles.
  2. 2. Tap four tiles you think go together, then Submit.
  3. 3. You get 4 mistakes. Watch out — some tiles look like they belong in two places.
🟨 Easy🟩 Medium🟦 Tricky🟪 Tough

Groups range from straightforward (yellow) to downright sneaky (purple).

About Connections: Franchise Time Machine

Connections: Franchise Time Machine is a free sports connections puzzle: sixteen tiles hiding four secret groups of four. Old cities and forgotten names turn the NFL map into a history test.

You get 4 mistakes before the board locks, and the trickiest group is always a wordplay trap built to steal a tile you would swear belongs somewhere else. This one is rated Hard, and four baseball names once belonged to pro football.

All sixteen tiles are listed below in alphabetical order, exactly as you will see them on the board. How they group is the whole game, so no hints there.

How to play

  1. Read all sixteen tiles before touching anything; the traps punish fast fingers.
  2. Select four tiles you think share a hidden connection and submit.
  3. A correct four locks the group in; a wrong four burns one of your 4 mistakes.
  4. Solve all four groups to win, then share your recap grid.

The sixteen tiles

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