Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the New York Times' famed Connections game, which came out with its own beta phase in June 2023. Since then, the original has become the newspaper's second-most-played game behind Wordle.

Connections is a daily word puzzle game by the New York Times Games, a newspaper well-known for its word puzzle games like Crosswords.

It challenges players to solve puzzles using a mix of techniques, including homophones and clever wordplay, making each game both engaging and tricky. Now, Connections is the second-most played game on the platform,