Connections Sports Edition #778 hints and answers for Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Connections Sports Edition #778 is a board that starts with nothing and ends with wordplay: the yellow group is four slang names for a zero on the scoreboard, the green group is the four people who sit around a contract negotiation, the blue group is four nicknames from the Mid-American Conference, and the purple group is four ordinary words that end in the singular name of an NFL team. The trap sits on the blue-purple border: BOBCATS and BEAGLE both read as animals first, but one is a college nickname and the other is hiding an Eagle at its tail. Work one group at a time: take the hint first, then the category name, then the four words, each one waiting behind the tap for you to reveal it.
Group 1 - Yellow
Hint: Four names for a scoreless line: the tennis shutout named for a breakfast roll, the ring-shaped pastry, the word soccer uses for zero, and the egg a shut-out side is said to lay.
SLANG FOR ZERO
SLANG FOR ZERO
Group 2 - Green
Hint: The four seats at the table when a contract gets done: the agent who speaks for the player, the general manager who speaks for the team, the owner who signs the checks, and the player whose name goes on the deal.
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION
Group 3 - Blue
Hint: Four nicknames from the Mid-American Conference: Ohio's Bobcats, Central Michigan's Chippewas, the Minutemen of Massachusetts, and Akron's Zips.
MAC TEAM NICKNAMES
MAC TEAM NICKNAMES
Group 4 - Purple
Hint: Four everyday words that end in an NFL team name in its singular form: a dog breed ends in EAGLE, a pocket cloth ends in CHIEF, a seven-figure sum ends in LION, and a schedule ends in RAM.