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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition offers a mix of difficulties. 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: Steel City Sports.
Green group index: Baseball information.
Blue group index: She shoots, she scores!
Purple group index: Stunned!
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: An athlete from Pittsburgh.
Green group: Seen on an MLB scorebug.
Blue group: PWHL playoff teams.
Purple group: Winners of the Triple Crown of horse racing.
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The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by May 2, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETWhat are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is a Pittsburgh athlete. The four answers are Panther, Penguin, Pirate and Steeler.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is visible on an MLB scorebug. The four answers are count, inning, outs and score.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is teams making the PWHL playoffs. The four answers are Charge, Fleet, Frost and Victory.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is the winners of the Triple Crown of horse racing. The four answers are Affirm, Quote, Justify, and Whirlaway.
