Need help with the Saturday, February 7, 2026, NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle? Here are four graduated hints for puzzle #502, followed by the categories and complete answer groups attributed to Parade’s guide.
How Connections Sports Edition works
Connections Sports Edition is a sports-focused word-grouping puzzle associated with The New York Times and The Athletic. Players sort 16 words into four groups of four. Parade’s February 7 guide describes the aim as finding the shared thread in each group.
Hints for Connections #502
Try these clues in order before looking at the answer key. Each points toward one of the four categories.
- Yellow: Golden Gate.
- Green: It’s “Shotime!”
- Blue: Same first name.
- Purple: Tweak a team name.
Connections Sports Edition answers for February 7
The answer key below preserves the category wording and groups reported by Parade’s guide.
| Color | Category | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | BAY AREA TEAMS | 49ERS, GIANTS, SHARKS, VALKYRIES |
| Green | ASSOCIATED WITH SHOHEI OHTANI | DECOY, DODGERS, JAPAN, TWO-WAY |
| Blue | COACHING MIKES | MACDONALD, MCCARTHY, TOMLIN, VRABEL |
| Purple | MLB TEAMS, WITH THE LAST LETTER CHANGED | ANGELO, CUBA, REDO, TWINE |
Parade’s guide, published February 7, 2026, identifies this as puzzle #502. The answer key here is attributed to that guide; an official NYT page independently confirming this archived grid and solution was not established.
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