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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition has a zinger of a purple category. How good are you at anagrams? If you can look at words and quickly see how to scramble their letters into another word, you’ve got this puzzle! If you’re struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Nadia or Olga.
Green group hint: Hit the gym.
Blue group hint: College football’s best player.
Purple group hint: Hoops teams, but mixed up.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Gymnastics apparatus.
Green group: Exercises.
Blue group: Heisman Trophy winners.
Purple group: Anagrams of NBA teams.
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Sept. 11, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is gymnastics apparatus. The four answers are bars, beam, floor and vault.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is exercises. The four answers are burpee, crunch, lunge and squat.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Heisman Trophy winners. The four answers are Burrow, Bush, Crouch and Tebow.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is anagrams of NBA teams. The four answers are parrots (Raptors), recaps (Pacers), sent (Nets) and shorten (Hornets).