Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Feb. 2 #497

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CNET has provided hints and answers for today's edition of The New York Times' Connections: Sports Edition puzzle. The puzzle features four themed groups of words related to Texas college teams, St. Louis sports teams, terms related to bowls, and a theme of "____ five."

Why it matters

Connections: Sports Edition is a popular daily puzzle game published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The New York Times. Providing the hints and answers helps readers who are stuck on the puzzle to complete it.

The details

The hints for the four themed groups in today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle are: Yellow group - "Lone Star State", Green group - "Think of the Arch", Blue group - "You put cereal in this", and Purple group - "Not four or six". The answers for each group are: Yellow - Texas college teams (Aggies, Cougars, Horned Frogs, Longhorns), Green - St. Louis teams (Billikens, Vlues, Cardinals, St. Louis City), Blue - Terms that can be followed by "bowl" (pro, senior, shrine, super), and Purple - "____ five" (fab, fierce, high, starting).

• The Connections: Sports Edition puzzle is published daily.

What’s next

The Connections: Sports Edition puzzle will be published again tomorrow, providing another opportunity for readers to test their sports knowledge and complete the daily puzzle.