NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints & Answers (Jan 20, 2026)

A smartphone displays the New York Times Connections Sports Edition game with today’s puzzle categories.

The New York Times’ Sports Section of Connections has a new daily puzzle that dares sports lovers to find four word groups with a common idea. In case you are a Wordle fan, this one offers a sports twist by testing your knowledge of players, teams, and sports vocabulary.

All the puzzles consist of 16 words and it is required to find four categories for them. At first glance it may seem that there are many words that have relations, but really just one combination is accurate. The participants can afford 4 mistakes before the game is finished, and every group is given a difficulty that is denoted by a color: yellow (the easiest), green, blue, and purple (the hardest).

In case you would like to take it solo, help is offered if you continue to read. Simply go down to the end if you are interested in only the answers.


Hints for Today’s Puzzle

Here are clues for each category without giving away the full answer:

  • Yellow: Enemy
  • Green: Mistake
  • Blue: Abbreviations
  • Purple: W players

Category Answers (If You Need Extra Help)

Here are the actual categories for today:

  • Yellow: Adversary
  • Green: Mess Up
  • Blue: NL East Teams, on Scoreboards
  • Purple: Nicknames of WNBA Players

Today’s Answers (Connections: Sports Edition #484)

If you’re ready for the solutions, here they are:

Adversary

CHALLENGER, FOE, OPPONENT, RIVAL

Mess Up

BOTCH, ERR, FLUB, FUMBLE

NL East Teams, on Scoreboards

ATL, MIA, NYM, PHI

Nicknames of WNBA Players

KFC, PHEE, POINT GAWD, STEWIE

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