Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words.

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Interested players can now solve the NYT Connections for today, January 17. The word game debuted in The New York Times in June 2023 and has since become one of the most successful puzzles of the publication.