Here are hints and the answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Aug. 18, 2026.
Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle has a really crazy purple category. Hint: New Yorkers are still focused on their beloved NBA champs. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
Yellow group hint: Athletes don’t want to do this.
Purple group hint: Sounds like a certain NY team.
Blue group: Members of the “Magnificent Seven.”
Purple group: Ends in a homophone for Knicks.
The four answers are behind, down, losing and trailing.
The four answers are concessions, parking, program and ticket.
The theme is members of the “Magnificent Seven.”
The four answers are Chow, Dawes, Miller and Strug.
The theme is ends in a homophone for Knicks.
The four answers are beatniks, finicks, Penix and picnics.
