Connections: Sports Edition Hint Today: Answers for Oct. 25, # 762

Here are the answers for today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Oct. 25. Read on for hints and the answers.

Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group hint: Don’t add an S.

Green group hint: Last letter, doubled.

Blue group hint: Great White North.

Purple group hint: City of Angels.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: NHL teams with singular nicknames.

Green group: Contains a double Z.

Blue group: Famous Canadian athletes.

Purple group: Starts of Los Angeles team names.

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is NHL teams with singular nicknames.

The four answers are Avalanche, Kraken, Mammoth and Wild.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is contains a double Z.

The four answers are Grizzlies, Jazz, Mizzou and Rizzuto.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is famous Canadian athletes.

The four answers are McIntosh, Nash, Orr and Votto.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is starts of Los Angeles team names.

The four answers are char (Chargers), clip (Clippers), gala (Galaxy) and lake (Lakers).

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