The NYT 's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

Today's Connections: Sports Edition wasn't terribly tough. It helps to be a fan of college football rivalry games, and of a certain legendary baseball player who sadly died young. Read on for hints and the answers.

Today’s Connections has categories about the everyday, the absence of light and more. Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #792, on August 11. Yellow group hint: When it’s nuthin’ fancy, it’s ...