Tips and responses for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 224, for May 5.

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Links: Sports Editionconstantly baffle me when there’s a classification of surnames. I wind up organizing them together without even understanding which sport the professional athletes play– in some cases it exercises, in some cases I’m tripped up. Keep reading for tips and the responses.
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Tips for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are 4 tips for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the most convenient yellow group to the hard (and in some cases unusual) purple group.
Yellow group tip: Also Cubbies, or Twinkies.
Green group tip: You got ta be strong.
Blue group tip: Names of gamers.
Purple group tip: Keep ____.
Responses for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: MLB groups, familiarly.
Green group: Weightlifting terms.
Blue group: United States females’s soccer gamers.
Purple group: Score ____
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition responses?
The finished NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle for May 5, 2025, # 224.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today’s Connections
The style is MLB groups, familiarly. The 4 responses are D-Backs, Jays, Sox and Yanks.
The green words in today’s Connections
The style is weightlifting terms. The 4 responses are barbell, tidy, jerk and nab.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The style is United States females’s soccer gamers. The 4 responses are Coffey, Fox, Rodman and Sonnett.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The style is rating ____. The 4 responses are board, bug, card and keeper.