Today's edition of Connections: Sports Edition challenges players with four distinct groupings categorized by varying difficulty levels. The puzzle, available through The Athletic app or online for free, does not feature on the NYT Games app.
Hints for the groupings include: the yellow group focusing on hard-hit baseball, the green group themed around NBA teams with singular nicknames, the blue group connected to the name Johnson, and the purple group interpreting what "1" might signify. Specific answers for the yellow group are frozen rope, laser, liner, and screamer.
The green category features teams such as Heat, Jazz, Magic, and Thunder, while the blue group includes names like Flau'jae, Gus, Lane, and Randy. Lastly, the purple group incorporates terms like fastball, pitcher, point guard, and top rank.