Connections Sports Edition #774 hints and answers for Friday, November 6, 2026
Connections Sports Edition #774 is a board of short things and star names: the yellow group is four kinds of athletic shorts, the green group is four NFC quarterbacks known by one familiar name, and the purple group is four games that all end in hockey. The trap is BASKETBALL: it reads as a sport first, but here it is a style of shorts, not a league or a ball. Work one group at a time: hint first, then the category name, then the four words waiting behind the tap.
Group 1 - Yellow
Hint: Four kinds of athletic shorts, named for what you do in them: the loose court style, the tight cycling style, the squeeze-fit training style, and the everyday workout pair.
TYPES OF SHORTS
TYPES OF SHORTS
Group 2 - Green
Hint: Four NFC quarterbacks by the name fans actually use: Baker Mayfield in Tampa Bay, Dak Prescott in Dallas, Jordan Love in Green Bay, and Kyler Murray in Arizona.
NFC QBS, FAMILIARLY
NFC QBS, FAMILIARLY
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: Four of the biggest names in MLS right now: Argentina's World Cup winners Rodrigo De Paul and Lionel Messi, Poland's record scorer Robert Lewandowski, and South Korea's Son Heung-min.
MLS STARS
MLS STARS
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: Each word goes directly before HOCKEY to name a version of the game: the arcade table game, the outdoor grass game, the gym-floor game, and the one on skates.