The latest edition of Connections: Sports Edition features various categories, with unique themes for each grouping. Today's puzzle, released on April 19, 2026, showcases its content through the app of The Athletic, a subscription-based sports news provider. While it is not available on the NYT Games app, players can access it online for free.
Hints for today's puzzle offer clues to solve the challenges presented. The yellow group focuses on AL East teams, while the green group pertains to the first words of football positions. The blue group revolves around Premier League managers, and the purple group includes nicknames historically associated with the Dodgers franchise.
The answers for today's groupings include Blue Jays, Orioles, Rays, and Yankees for the yellow group, defensive, running, tight, and wide for the green, Emery, Guardiola, Moyes, and Slot for the blue, and Bridegrooms, Dodgers, Robins, and Superbas for the purple. Players can find these responses to successfully complete the puzzle.