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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle had another of those crazy purple categories, but once you get it, you might laugh. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

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Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Like an inclination towards something.

Green group hint: You might study these in science.

Blue group hint: Light the cauldron.

Purple group hint: Vroom-vroom.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Tendency.

Green group: Biological structures.

Blue group: Summer Olympic events.

Purple group: Car brand homophones.

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is tendency. The four answers are course, direction, tide and trend.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is biological structures. The four answers are cell, gene, protein and tissue.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is Summer Olympic events. The four answers are athletics, equestrian, swimming and triathlon.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is car brand homophones. The four answers are infinity (Infiniti), Minnie (Mini), Opal (Opel) and Outie (Audi).

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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition features a mix of difficulties. I actually thought the blue category was the easiest today. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.

Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta

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 toughest (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Fútbol facts.

Green group hint: Time to kick.

Blue group hint: Same first name.

Purple group hint: Directs the team.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Soccer statistic.

Green group: Roles on a punt play.

Blue group: Sams.

Purple group: ____ coach.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is soccer statistic. The four answers are assist, goal, save and shot.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is roles on a punt play. The four answers are gunner, long snapper, punter and returner.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is Sams. The four answers are Coffey, Darnold, Kerr and Presti.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ coach. The four answers are assistant, bench, head and pitching.

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