Need assistance with today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle? You’re in the right spot.
Welcome to the Connections: Sports Edition Coach—a place to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.
A quick note before we dive in: The bottom of this article contains the answers and hints for all four categories. If you want to solve the puzzle without any hints, we recommend playing first.
You can access today’s game here.
Today’s difficulty: Game No. 593 is rated 2.5 out of 5.
Connections: Sports Edition hints for May 9, 2026
Scroll below for one answer in each of the four categories.
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Yellow: ROOK
Green: KNIGHT
Blue: QUEEN
Purple: KING
Connections: Sports Edition answers for May 9, 2026
Scroll below for the full answers to each category.
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Yellow: Terms used for a young athlete – FROSH, PROSPECT, ROOK, TENDERFOOT
Green: A Big 12 athlete – BEARCAT, BUFFALO, COUGAR, KNIGHT
Blue: Artists of iconic stadium anthems – AC/DC, DARUDE, QUEEN, SURVIVOR
Purple: Members of the San Diego Padres – BOGAERTS, KING, SHEETS, TATIS
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports Edition is a daily puzzle game where players find links between 16 words on the board. The goal is to group words or objects into four sets of four based on shared characteristics as quickly as possible, without making four mistakes. Each puzzle has only one solution, so watch out for words that might fit multiple categories.
Category examples: Sports ____ – Fan, Car, Bar, Radio; U.S. Summer Olympians – Biles, Phelps, Ledecky, Lyles.
Each category group is assigned a color from straightforward (yellow) to medium (green) to challenging (blue) to tricky (purple), which is revealed as you solve.
Who creates the puzzles? That’s me, Mark Cooper. I create Connections: Sports Edition and work as a managing editor for college sports. The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for playing—share your scores in the comments!
