Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for May 16 #600
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Hey, it’s another symbol-only puzzle! You either love them or you hate them. I guess this one is meant to celebrate the fact that today’s Connections: Sports Edition is numbered 600, a nice even number. 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: Beantown.
Green group index: Hoop champions.
Blue group index: The color of this category.
Purple group index: It’s not easy to be this color.
Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition
Yellow group: Boston teams.
Green group: Last four NBA champions.
Blue group: “blue” teams.
Purple group: “Green” teams and players.
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What are the answers from today’s Connections: Sports Edition?
Here is the symbol grid.
Here is the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for May 16, 2026, before you solve it, so you can remember what all the symbols look like.
And here are the answers.
The NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle completed by May 16, 2026.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is Boston teams. The four answers are the Bruins, Patriots, Red Sox and Revolution.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is the last four NBA champions. The four answers are Celtics, Nuggets, Thunder and Warriors.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is “blue” teams. The four answers are the Blue Devils, Blue Jackets, Blue Jays and Blues.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is that of “green” teams and players. The four answers are Draymond Green, Green Bay, Green Wave and Mean Green.
