Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for April 16 #570

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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is fun, especially if you like unusual team names. 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: Put on your glasses for this.

Green group index: Hoops at home.

Blue group index: Minors.

Purple group index: Hidden hoops word.

Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition

Yellow group: Look.

Green group: Seen on an NBA court.

Blue group: Double-A baseball teams.

Purple group: Starts with a WNBA team.

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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is to watch. The four answers are observe, look, see and watch.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is seen on an NBA court. The four answers are the benches, the half court logo, the scorer’s table and the shot clock.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is double-A baseball teams. The four answers are Biscuits, Drillers, Trash Pandas and Wind Surge.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme begins with a WNBA team. The four answers are dreamer, firefly, Skype and sundial.