Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for May 21 #605

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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is quite tricky, with a few words that could fit into several categories. 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: Spotted during a match.

Green group index: Charlie Brown’s baseball house.

Blue group index: Snow sports.

Purple group index: Queen City teams.

Connections Group Answers: Today’s Sports Edition

Yellow group: Seen at a college sporting event.

Green group: Pitching mound.

Blue group: Alpine skiing disciplines.

Purple group:Charlotte ____.

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

Yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is seen at a college sporting event. The four answers are band, cheerleaders, dance team, and student section.

Green words in today’s Connections

The theme is the mound. The four answers are bump, hill, mount and rubber.

Blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is alpine skiing disciplines. The four responses are combined, downhill, slalom and Super-G.

Purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is Charlotte ____. The four answers are 49ers, FC, Hornets and North.

Toughest Connections: Sports Publishing Categories

The Connections: Sports Edition puzzle can be difficult, but it really depends on which sports you know best. My husband is successful at anything Formula 1 related, my best friend is an avid hockey fan, and I can answer any questions you have about Minnesota teams.

That said, it’s hard to pick the hardest hookup categories, but here are a few that I found exceptionally mind-blowing.

#1: Serie A clubs. Answers: Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio, Roma.

#2: WNBA MVP. Answers: Catchings, Delle Donne, Fowles and Stewart.

#3: Premier League team nicknames. Answers: bees, cherries, foxes and hammers.

#4: Homophones of NBA player names. Answers: Barns, Connect, Heart and Hero.