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Today's Connections: Sports Edition has a tricky but fun purple category. If you're interested in words and how they develop over time, you might appreciate this group. If you're struggling with today's puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
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Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Green group hint: Area you can squeeze through.
Blue group: Baseball pitches, with "ball."
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for May 1, 2026.
The theme is move at a slow pace. The four answers are amble, jog, lope and trot.
The theme is room to run. The four answers are gap, hole, opening and space.
The theme is baseball pitches, with "ball." The four answers are curve, fast, fork and knuckle.
The theme is portmanteaus. The four answers are athleisure, motocross, parasailing and slurve. (Slurve is a baseball pitch that's a hybrid of a slider and a curveball.)