NFL Connections #7
Wednesday, November 11: an older puzzle
Sort the sixteen players into four groups of four. Pick four cards, then press Submit.
How NFL Connections works
- Look at all sixteen cards before you pick. Some links are easy, like four teammates; others need a deeper memory, like a shared draft class or a jersey number.
- Pick four cards and press Submit. A right group turns its cards over to show what ties them, then takes its coloured band.
- A wrong group costs one of your four mistakes. “One away” means three of your four belong together.
- Solve the easy group first, then use what is left to crack the hardest. Share your coloured grid without giving away the answers.
- Stuck? Hint tells you what kind of link the easiest group left shares; press it again and it names the group. Give up turns every group over and ends the puzzle.
Three tips
- Look for the decoy: most puzzles hold one player who seems to fit two groups. Leave him until his own group is clear.
- The colours run from easy to hard. Yellow is the easiest link, like teammates or a shared college; purple is the deepest cut, like a jersey number, an undrafted player or two teams in one career.
- Down to eight cards and stuck? Shuffle: a new order often shows a link you missed.
Questions people ask
How do you play NFL Connections?
You see sixteen NFL players. Sort them into four groups of four that share something: the same team, the same college, the same draft class, the same jersey number and more. Pick four cards and press Submit. You can make four mistakes. If three of your four belong together, the game tells you that you are one away.
What do the colours mean?
Each group has a colour from easiest to hardest: yellow, green, blue and purple. When you find a group, its four cards turn over to show what ties them, then join their coloured band.
When is there a new puzzle?
Every day at midnight Eastern time, with a new NBA Connections puzzle at the same time. Yesterday’s answers are on the answers page and every past puzzle is in the archive.
Is there a hint for today’s NFL Connections?
Yes. Press Hint and the game tells you what kind of link the easiest group left shares, for example “Teammates this season”. Press it again to see the group itself. Your finish card counts the hints you used, and a perfect game needs none.
Can a player fit two groups?
Each puzzle is checked so that there is only one way to make four groups of four. If a name seems to fit two groups, look for the group only he can complete.
Is this the New York Times sports Connections?
No. This is an independent NFL players puzzle. The New York Times publishes its own Connections: Sports Edition.