Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for May 26 #610
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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition features a fun mix of categories, including one for Windy City residents. 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: I’m in.
Green group index: City of Big Shoulders.
Blue group index: College leaders.
Purple group index: Star hoops.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Card Suits.
Green group: Chicago teams.
Blue group: SEC men’s basketball coaches.
Purple group: Basketball Hall of Famers, minus one letter.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by May 26, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is card suits. The four answers are clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is Chicago teams. The four answers are DePaul, Fire, Sky and White Sox.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is SEC men’s basketball coaches. The four answers are Calipari, Oats, Pearl and Pope.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is Basketball Hall of Famers, minus one letter. The four answers are Diva (Vlade Divac), Garnet (Kevin Garnett), Wad (Dwyane Wade), and Worth (James Worthy).
