Sports Edition answer and hints for groups. These clues will help you solve The New York Times' popular puzzle game, Connections: Sports Edition, every day.

If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Thursday, April 9, 2026, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories.

Connections Sports Edition is just like the regular Connections word puzzle, in that it's a game that resets at 12 a.m. EST each day and has 16 different words listed. It's up to you to figure out each group of four words that belong to a certain category, with four categories in total.