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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is tough. In other words, the purple category requires you to find partial team names. If you’re having trouble solving the puzzle 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: MLB numbers.
Green group index: Zoom!
Blue group index: Gridiron Stars.
Purple group index: Hockey teams, with a touch of originality.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Baseball Statistics.
Green group: Moves quickly.
Blue group: Hall of Fame running backs.
Purple group: NHL teams, minus the first letter.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by May 10, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETYellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is baseball statistics. The four answers are errors, hits, runs and walks.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is evolving quickly. The four answers are bolts, runs, scooters and sprints.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Hall of Fame running backs. The four answers are James, Riggins, Sanders and Sayers.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is NHL teams, minus the first letter. The four answers are angers (Rangers), ruins (Bruins), slanders (Islanders) and tars (Stars).