Connections Sports Edition #771 hints and answers for Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Connections Sports Edition #771 opens with four words for plain courage, then stocks the athletic trainer's sideline kit, then lines up four men's college basketball coaches whose surnames all read as everyday words. The trap is DRESSING: it sits one group away from the bandages it seems to belong with, but it is here for the room it names, not the wound it covers. Work one group at a time: hint first, then the category name, then the four words behind the tap.
Group 1 - Yellow
Hint: Four words for courage and determination: sandpaper toughness, nerve named for your insides, tested strength, and spirited know-how.
FORTITUDE
FORTITUDE
Group 2 - Green
Hint: Four things from the sideline medical kit: wound coverings, cold therapy in a bag, the foam layer that goes on before the wrap, and the wrap itself.
SUPPLIES FOR AN ATHLETIC TRAINER
SUPPLIES FOR AN ATHLETIC TRAINER
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: Four surnames of men's college basketball head coaches - Scott, Mark, Matt and Bill in some order - and every one doubles as an everyday word: drew a picture, a few people, a house painter, and your own self.
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACHES
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACHES
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: Each word goes directly before ROOM to name a room every athlete knows: where you change, where you study game tape, where your gear lives, and where you lift.