Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Connections: Sports Edition has a fun green group, if you've ever ordered an unusual snack at a sports stadium. The purple category, however -- whoa, it's one of those only-four-phrases-fit groupings. And if you think you've seen this grouping in a Connections puzzle before, you're right. It was in regular (not Sports Edition) Connections on Christmas Eve. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn't show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic's own app. Or you can continue to play it free online. Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta Hints for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: Fore! Green group hint: Stadium snacks that come in sports gear Blue group hint: Volunteer State sports Purple group hint: Wizard of Oz saying Answers for today's Connections: Sports Edition groups Yellow group: Golf shots. Green group: Food served in a baseball helmet. Blue group: Tennessee teams. Purple group: Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections: Sports Edition answers? The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is golf shots. The four answers are chip, drive, punch and putt. The green words in today's Connections The theme is food served in a baseball helmet. The four answers are fries, ice cream, nachos and tenders. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is Tennessee teams. The four answers are Grizzlies, Predators, Titans and Volunteers. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is lions and tigers and bears, oh my! The four answers are bears, lions, oh my and tigers.