Yesterday's Sports Connections answers: Thursday, November 12, 2026
Missed yesterday's NYT Connections Sports Edition from Thursday, November 12, 2026? Every answer is below, behind a single reveal. Solving today instead? Nothing here spoils it — today's Sports Connections hints are here.
★ Yesterday's answers, revealed
- Yellow (easiest) — the connection is “A western conference nba player”. The answers: SUN, LAKER, WARRIOR, ROCKET.
- Green (easy) — the connection is “Teams in new york state”. The answers: ORANGE, SABRES, LIBERTY, BILLS.
- Blue (tricky) — the connection is “Premier league managers”. The answers: EMERY, ROSE, LAMPARD, MOYES.
- Purple (trickiest, usually wordplay) — the connection is “_____board”. The answers: SURF, SKATE, WAKE, SNOW.
The puzzle, explained
The purple group is all types of boards you can ride—surfboard, skateboard, wakeboard, and snowboard—so they all complete the phrase "___ BOARD." The trickiest part is that WAKE could easily trick you into the NBA group since the Lakers, Warriors, Rockets, and Suns are all Western Conference teams, but WAKE isn't a team. Similarly, SNOW might seem like it could be part of the New York State teams (since you've got the Bills and Sabres already), but it's actually part of snowboard. And ROSE could definitely pull you toward the Premier League managers category since some famous managers share those names, but it's actually ROSE as in roseboard—wait, no, that's not right. Actually, ROSE is definitely Brendan Rodgers' related name, so the real bait is probably that SURF, SKATE, WAKE, and SNOW all *sound* like they could relate to active sports or outdoor activities that might distract you from the simple "boards" connection.
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