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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is tough. If you’re having trouble solving today’s riddle but still want to solve it, read on for tips and answers.
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Tips for Connections Groups: Sports Today’s Edition
Here are four clues for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Prepare your glove!
Green group index: Sweat of fairness.
Blue group index: There was a baseball stadium.
Purple group index: Not at night.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Pitch a baseball.
Green group: Work hard.
Blue group: Former MLB stadiums.
Purple group: ____ day.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by April 13, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETYellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is playing baseball. The four answers are catch, field, pick and scoop.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is hard work. The four responses are fatigue, work, duress and toil.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is old MLB stadiums. The four answers are Polo, Shea, Turner and Veterans.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ day. The four answers are draft, matchup, opener and Ryan.