NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle #224 is the edition dated Monday, May 5, 2025. The hints below offer progressively clearer nudges; the full four groups and their words appear after the spoiler break.
Hints for Connections: Sports Edition #224
The puzzle uses 16 words arranged into four groups of four. The game resets at 12 a.m. EST, and its instruction on the NYT site is to “group sports terms that share a common thread.”
Try these category nudges in order, stopping when you have enough to solve a group:
- Yellow: Related to baseball in some way.
- Green: Things you might hear at a gym.
- Blue: Certain players.
- Purple: They all share the same first word.
How to approach the groups
Read each word for more than one possible sports meaning. Familiar abbreviations point toward baseball teams, while the gym-related terms make a set of weightlifting vocabulary. The player surnames form another group. For the remaining set, attach the same word to the beginning of each item to reveal a phrase.
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Full answers for May 5, 2025
Spoilers below: These are the complete category labels and answers for puzzle #224.
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | MLB TEAMS, FAMILIARLY | D-BACKS, JAYS, SOX, YANKS |
| Green | WEIGHTLIFTING TERMS | BARBELL, CLEAN, JERK, SNATCH |
| Blue | U.S. WOMEN’S SOCCER PLAYERS | COFFEY, FOX, RODMAN, SONNETT |
| Purple | SCORE ____ | BOARD, BUG, CARD, KEEPER |
Why the purple group fits
Put “score” before each word: scoreboard, score bug, scorecard, and scorekeeper. The shared first word is the connection.
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