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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for April 9, #563

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for April 9, No. 563.

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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one, but fun if you know athlete nicknames. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.

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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

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.

Yellow group hint: You might call this person an ace.

Green group hint: Combat sport vocabulary.

Blue group hint: Slangy monikers for specific hoopsters.

Purple group hint: Not Ms. or Miss.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: A team’s best player.

Green group: MMA terms.

Blue group: Nicknames of former NBA players, with «the.»

Purple group: Mr. ____.

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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is a team’s best player. The four answers are centerpiece, headliner, lead and star.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is MMA terms. The four answers are armbar, choke, clinch and submission.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is nicknames of former NBA players, with «The.» The four answers are Answer, Big Dipper, Matrix and Truth.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is Mr. ____. The four answers are 3000, Hockey, Met and October.

Toughest Connections: Sports Edition categories

The Connections: Sports Edition puzzle can be tough, but it really depends on which sports you know the most about. My husband aces anything having to do with Formula 1, my best friend is a hockey buff, and I can answer any question about Minnesota teams.

That said, it’s hard to pick the toughest Connections categories, but here are some I found exceptionally mind-blowing.

#1: Serie A Clubs. Answers: Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio, Roma.

#2: WNBA MVPs. Answers: Catchings, Delle Donne, Fowles and Stewart.

#3: Premier League team nicknames. Answers: Bees, Cherries, Foxes and Hammers.

#4: Homophones of NBA player names. Answers: Barns, Connect, Heart and Hero.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 11 #769

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for April 11, No. 769.

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Today’s NYT Strands puzzle features a fun topic, and once you figure it out, you should be able to locate some of the clues easily. But as always, some of the answers are difficult to unscramble. So if you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: You’re putting me on.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Headgear.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

FADE, REIN, PAGE, TOWEL, SOME, BRED, RODE, BANE

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

BERET, DERBY, SOMBRERO, FEDORA, TOQUE, BEANIE, BOWLER

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is TOPGEAR. To find it, look for the T that is five letters down on the far-left vertical row, and wind across.

Toughest Strands puzzles

Here are some of the Strands topics I’ve found to be the toughest.

#1: Dated slang. Maybe you didn’t even use this lingo when it was cool. Toughest word: PHAT.

#2: Thar she blows! I guess marine biologists might ace this one. Toughest word: BALEEN or RIGHT.

#3: Off the hook. Again, it helps to know a lot about sea creatures. Sorry, Charlie. Toughest word: BIGEYE or SKIPJACK.

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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 11, #1757

Here are hints and the answer for today’s Wordle for April 11, No. 1,757.

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Today’s Wordle puzzle is a tricky one, with some rare letters. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has no repeated letters.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with P.

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter

Today’s Wordle answer ends with E.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to a person who is shocked by things of a sexual nature.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is PRUDE.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, April 10, No. 1756, was CAROM.

Recent Wordle answers

April 6, No. 1752: SWORN

April 7, No. 1753: DENSE

April 8, No. 1754: INLET

April 9, No. 1755: LADEN

What’s the best Wordle starting word?

Don’t be afraid to use our tip sheet ranking all the letters in the alphabet by frequency of uses. In short, you want starter words that lean heavy on E, A and R, and don’t contain Z, J and Q.

Some solid starter words to try:

ADIEU

TRAIN

STARE

NOISE