Texans should ace one category in today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle. Also, the purple group, as always, is tough — it requires you to find hidden words inside the clues. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group hint: Texas metropolitan area.

Green group hint: They have more than one ring.

Blue group hint: Famous soccer player known by one name.

Purple group hint: Find a team name hidden in the clue.

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Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: DFW teams.

Green group: Coaches to win multiple Super Bowls.

Blue group: Associated with Pelé.

Purple group: Ends in an NBA team.

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is DFW teams.

The four answers are Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars and Wings.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is coaches to win multiple Super Bowls.

The four answers are Landry, Lombardi, Noll and Parcells.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is associated with Pelé.

The four answers are 10, Brazil, Cosmos and Santos.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ends in an NBA team.

The four answers are bookings (Kings), jayhawks (Hawks), planets (Nets) and wheat (Heat).

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of “Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the ’70s and ’80s,” as well as “The Totally Sweet ’90s.” She’s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She’s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she’ll be first in line.

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