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.

Looking for clues for today's Connections answers? The Connections answers on May 25 for puzzle #714 are a little harder than yesterday's puzzle, with the Connections Companion rating this puzzle's difficulty at 2.3 out of 5.

These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far. Hint for today's Strands puzzle. Today's Strands theme is: Get out the dust buster! If that doesn't he