The Friday edition of NYT Connections Sports Edition arrives with puzzle #760, serving up a baseball-heavy grid that moves between postseason knowledge, sporting history and a late twist in spelling.
What Makes Connections Sports Edition Tick
For newcomers, NYT Connections Sports Edition presents 16 sports-themed words that must be sorted into four thematic groups of four. The twist? You're limited to four mistakes, and the color-coded difficulty system (yellow being easiest, purple being trickiest) means surface-level connections often mislead.
Connections Sports Edition brings the same addictive puzzle format to the world of athletics, featuring athletes, teams, sports terminology, and legendary moments. The game's genius lies in its red herrings, words that could fit multiple sports categories but belong in only one.
Today's Grid at a Glance
Here are the 16 words staring back at you in puzzle #760:
BREWERS | RAYS | PILOTS | DEVIL RAYS
WEEKS | FIELDER | MEAGER | METER
CAMELS | EXPOS | SHEETS | GUARDIANS
DODGERS | FINGERS | EYE | BROWNS
A seemingly random collection that somehow connects into four perfect categories.
Strategic Hints (No Spoilers Yet)
Yellow Category Nudge: Think about the season's biggest competitive stages.
Green Category Clue: An older sports reference book could help here.
Blue Category Hint: Career connections matter more than everyday meanings.
Purple Category Teaser: Treat the spelling as something you can adjust.
The Full Solutions
Last chance to solve independently: answers below
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Yellow (MLB Teams To Reach The League Championship Series This Year): BREWERS, DODGERS, GUARDIANS, RAYS
RAYS, BREWERS, GUARDIANS and DODGERS are grouped as this year's League Championship Series teams. The postseason qualification is the deciding link, since the grid also contains other baseball team names.
Green (Former MLB Team Names): BROWNS, DEVIL RAYS, EXPOS, PILOTS
PILOTS, DEVIL RAYS, EXPOS and BROWNS belong together as former MLB team names.
RAYS and DEVIL RAYS make the sharpest visual trap. Their shared wording invites a pairing, but this puzzle separates them by the distinction between current postseason participants and former names.
Blue (Brewers All-Stars, Historically): FIELDER, FINGERS, SHEETS, WEEKS
FINGERS, FIELDER, SHEETS and WEEKS are surnames of historical Brewers All-Stars. Reading them as names unlocks the connection.
BREWERS is the tempting extra here because it supplies the club connection itself. Keep the team name separate from the four player surnames.
Purple (World Series MVPs, With The First Letter Changed): CAMELS, EYE, MEAGER, METER
Change the first letter of each entry to recover a World Series MVP's surname. MEAGER becomes SEAGER, METER becomes JETER, CAMELS becomes HAMELS, and EYE becomes DYE.
The Verdict
Yellow looks like the natural starting point if the postseason picture is fresh in your mind. The real sorting trap is RAYS beside DEVIL RAYS, with BREWERS adding another connection to the player surnames in blue.
Purple is the streak-deciding group in this grid. Recognizing baseball names is only part of the job, since MEAGER, METER, CAMELS and EYE require a spelling change before their shared distinction appears.
Reset and Repeat
Take today's first-letter trick into tomorrow's grid as a useful possibility. Come back for a fresh puzzle and another chance to spot the connection hiding behind an ordinary word.
For now, puzzle #760 is solved. See you at midnight for the next round.