Connections Sports Edition #769 hints and answers for Sunday, November 1, 2026
Connections Sports Edition #769 is a football-heavy board: penalties in yellow, box-score lines in green, then two groups that leave the gridiron - wrestling styles in blue and relay racing terms in purple. For each group below: read the hint first, then show the category name when you want it, then the four words, one group at a time.
Group 1 - Yellow
Hint: Four infractions that draw a flag in football: two fouls, one for wasting the clock, and one for crossing the line before the snap.
FOOTBALL PENALTIES
FOOTBALL PENALTIES
Group 2 - Green
Hint: Four lines from a football box score that measure how a team controlled the game, from moving the chains to how long it kept the ball.
FOOTBALL TEAM STATS
FOOTBALL TEAM STATS
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: Four styles of wrestling: a casual arm contest, the American collegiate style, the classical style that forbids holds below the waist, and Japan's ring sport.
TYPES OF WRESTLING
TYPES OF WRESTLING
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: Four terms from relay racing: the runner who runs the last leg, the stick passed hand to hand, the handoff itself, and the marked area where the pass must happen.