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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Tips, February 18 Answers, #148

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Connection: Sports Edition today’s difficulty mixes together. The hardest category is probably the purple category (surprise, surprise), which requires you to learn some sports history to solve it. Continue reading the tips and answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is no longer using Beta, making its debut in the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 9. This shows that the game has gained enough loyal players to continue publishing it. It does not show up in the NYT Games app, but now it appears in Athletic's own app. Or, you can continue to play it online for free.

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Today's contact tips: Sports Edition Group

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Here are four tips for grouping in today’s connections: Sports Edition puzzles, rankings from the simplest yellow group to the tough (sometimes strange) purple group.

Yellow group tips: Blow with batter.

Green group tips: Get these three points.

Blue group tips: South Beach Sports.

Purple Group Tips: Teams that no longer exist.

Today's contact answer: Sports Edition Group

Yellow Group: Fastball.

Green Group: Part of the shooting attempt.

Blue Group: Miami team.

Purple Group: Solved WNBA team.

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What is the connection today: Sports version answer?

Finished NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Tuesday, February 18, 2025, #148

Complete NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Tuesday, February 18, 2025, #148.

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Yellow words in today's connection

The theme is fastball. The four answers are cheese, fireballs, gas and smoke.

Green Words in Today's Connection

The theme is part of the on-site goal attempt. These four answers are blocks, hold, kick and snapshot.

Blue Words in Today's Connection

The theme is Miami team. The four answers are dolphins, heat, hurricanes and marlins.

Purple Words in Today's Connection

The theme is a discontinued WNBA team. These four answers are miracles, shocks, sols and stings.

The toughest link: Sports Edition category

Connection: The sports puzzle can be tough, but it really depends on the sports you know best. Everything my husband has to do with Formula 1 and my best friend is a hockey enthusiast and I can answer any questions about the Minnesota team.

That said, it's hard to choose the toughest connection category, but this is something that I've found incredibly encouraging lately.

#1: Series A Club, January 11. Answer: Atlanta, Juventus, Lazio, Rome.

#2: WNBA MVPS, January 21. Answers: Catchings, Delle Donne, Fowles, and Stewart.

#3: Premier League Nickname, January 17. Answer: Bees, cherries, foxes and hammers.



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