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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Oct. 25, #397

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. Today's Connections: Sports Edition is a fun one. It helps if you're familiar with the athletes of the Pacific Northwest. If you're struggling 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 show up in the NYT Games app but appears 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 tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: When you get hurt. Green group hint: Beaver State. Blue group hint: Not surnames, but... Purple group hint: Think oxygen. Answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups Yellow group: Worn after an injury. Green group: An Oregon athlete. Blue group: First names of USWNT players. Purple group: Air ____. 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 worn after an injury. The four answers are brace, cast, sling and splint. The green words in today's Connections The theme is an Oregon athlete. The four answers are Beaver, Duck Thorn and Timber. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is first names of USWNT players. The four answers are Lily, Rose, Sam and Trinity. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is air ____. The four answers are ball, bud, force and hockey.

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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Oct. 25, #867

Looking for the most recent 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, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle has a fun mix of topics. They're not too tough, especially if you pay attention to movies. But if you need help, you're in the right place. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times now 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. Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time 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: Rip-off. Green group hint: It also tells time. Blue group hint: Give to. Purple group hint: Gandhi and Oppenheimer also. Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group: Swindle. Green group: Digital watch features. Blue group: Confer. Purple group: Best actor-winning biopics. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections answers? The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is swindle. The four answers are fleece, hose, hustle and shaft. The green words in today's Connections The theme is digital watch features. The four answers are alarm, date, light and stopwatch. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is confer. The four answers are accord, award, grant and vest. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is best actor-winning biopics. The four answers are Capote, Lincoln, Milk and Ray.

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Oct. 25, #1589

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's Wordle puzzle is kind of a toughie. The letters are a bit unusual. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on. Today's Wordle hints Before we show you today's Wordle answer, we'll give you some hints. If you don't want a spoiler, look away now. Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats Today's Wordle answer has one repeated letter. Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels Today's Wordle answer has two vowels. Wordle hint No. 3: First letter Today's Wordle answer begins with G. Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter Today's Wordle answer ends with E. Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning Today's Wordle answer can refer to an instrument or device for measuring the magnitude, amount, or contents of something. TODAY'S WORDLE ANSWER Today's Wordle answer is GAUGE. Yesterday's Wordle answer Yesterday's Wordle answer, Oct. 24, No. 1588 was TUBER. Recent Wordle answers Oct. 20, No. 1584: LIMBOOct. 21, No. 1585: DETOXOct. 22, No. 1586: STUNTOct. 23, No. 1587: DRILL

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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Oct. 25 #601

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a fun one, with a Halloween theme. There are only four answers, and only two of them are really well-known creatures, so if you need hints and answers, read on. I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET's NYT puzzle hints page. Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far Hint for today's Strands puzzle Today's Strands theme is: Quite a transformation! If that doesn't help you, here's a clue: Monsters that change. Clue words to unlock in-game hints Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle's theme. If you're stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work: SIRE, SIRES, HIRE, HIRES, WALK, WALKER, WALKERS, WERE, WOLF, FISH, FISHER, CHANGE Answers for today's Strands puzzle These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers: VAMPIRE, WEREWOLF, CHANGELING, SKINWALKER Today's Strands spangram Today's Strands spangram is SHAPESHIFTERS. To find it, start with the S that's two letters down on the far-right row, and wind across.

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