Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.Connections: Sports Edition has a weird batch today. It’ll help to have played a bunch of card games, and also if you live in Florida (or are very observant about NFL team uniform designs). Read on for hints and the answers.Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online. NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of BetaHints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groupsHere 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: Deal me in.Green group hint: Gridiron places.Blue group hint: Look to your coach.Purple group hint: Florida team.Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groupsYellow group: Card games.Green group: Areas on a football field.Blue group: Things a third base coach might signal.Purple group: Components of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ logo. Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English WordsWhat are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers? The completed NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle for March 29, 2025, #187. NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is card games. The four answers are bridge, euchre, hearts and pinochle.The green words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is areas on a football field. The four answers are backfield, end zone, lind of scrimmage and sideline.The blue words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is things a third-base coach might signal. The four answers are bunt, hit and run, steal and take.The purple words in today’s ConnectionsThe theme is components of the Tampa Bay Buccaneeers’ logo. The four answers are flag, football, skull and swords.Quick tips for Connections: Sports Edition#1: Don’t grab for the easiest group. For each word, think about other sports categories it might fit in – is this a word that can be used in football, or to describe scoring options?#2: Second meanings are important. The puzzle loves to use last names and even college names that mean other things, to fool you into thinking they are words, not names.#3: And the opposite is also true. Words like HURTS might seem like a regular word, but it’s also the last name of at least one pro athlete.
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