April 10, 2026 NYT Connections Sports Edition #564 Hints and Answers

If you are a fan of the links, today is your lucky day. The April 10, 2026 NYT Connections Sports Edition #564 is heavily leaning into one specific sport. While the variety usually spans the globe of athletics, today’s grid requires a sharp eye for the fairways and the hallowed grounds of Georgia.

What Is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is a daily brainteaser that challenges your ability to find patterns within a set of 16 words. The goal is to organize these words into four distinct groups of four. Each group is united by a “common thread”—which could be anything from sports equipment and athlete names to more abstract wordplay or terminology.

The game utilizes a color-coded difficulty system to help you gauge your progress:

• Yellow: The most straightforward category.
• Green: Common knowledge, but may have some overlap.
• Blue: Intermediate difficulty, often involving more specific sports trivia.
• Purple: The trickiest category, frequently involving wordplay or very niche associations.

How to Play

Playing the game is simple, but winning requires strategy:

• Select four words that you believe share a common link and press “Submit.”
• If correct, the category name is revealed and the words are removed from the board.
• You are allowed a maximum of four mistakes before the game ends.
• You can use the “Shuffle” button to rearrange the tiles, which often helps in spotting patterns you might have missed at first glance.

For more variety in your daily routine, you can explore other New York Times word games.

Category Hints

Before we dive into the full reveal, here are some vague hints to point you in the right direction for the April 10 puzzle:

• 🟨 Yellow Hint: Think about where a ball might land during a round of 18.
• 🟩 Green Hint: These are the essential tools you carry on your shoulder or in a cart.
• 🟦 Blue Hint: You’ll need a green jacket to join this exclusive club.
• 🟪 Purple Hint: Specifically related to the flora found at Augusta National.

Category Names

If the hints above weren’t quite enough, here are the official category names for today’s puzzle:

• 🟨 AREAS ON A GOLF COURSE
• 🟩 FOUND IN A GOLF BAG
• 🟦 MASTERS WINNERS
• 🟪 AUGUSTA NATIONAL HOLE NAMES

Full Answers

Ready to see how the groups come together? Here is the full solution for Connections Sports Edition #564:

🟨 AREAS ON A GOLF COURSE

• FAIRWAY
• GREEN
• ROUGH
• TEE

🟩 FOUND IN A GOLF BAG

• CLUB
• IRON
• TOWEL
• WEDGE

🟦 MASTERS WINNERS

• SCOTT
• SNEAD
• WOODS
• WOOSNAM

🟪 AUGUSTA NATIONAL HOLE NAMES

• AZALEA
• BAMBOO
• HOLLY
• MAGNOLIA

What Made Today Tricky

Today’s puzzle was a classic “theme trap.” Usually, Connections mixes sports, but today was almost 100% golf. This creates significant misdirection because words like “GREEN” could easily fit into “AREAS ON A GOLF COURSE,” “FOUND IN A GOLF BAG” (as a color of a towel), or even reference the “GREEN Jacket” for Masters winners.

Furthermore, “IRON” and “WEDGE” are very specific, making the Green category feel easy, but the Blue category required actual knowledge of historical golfers. Ian Woosnam and Sam Snead are legendary, but players who only follow modern golf might have struggled to link them with Tiger Woods and Adam Scott.

Tips for Today

1. Watch the Overlap: “GREEN” is the biggest red herring today. It is a part of the course, but it could also describe the Masters’ prize. Always look for four words that only fit one category before submitting.
2. Focus on the Flowers: In the Purple category, words like “AZALEA” and “MAGNOLIA” are very specific to Augusta. If you see those, look for other plant-based names rather than standard golf terms.
3. Think Equipment First: The Green category (Iron, Wedge, Club, Towel) is the most “physical” group. Locking these in early clears the board for the more difficult names in Blue.
4. Masters Trivia: If you find names like “Woods” and “Scott,” don’t assume they are just “Famous Athletes.” In the Sports Edition, categories are usually more specific, such as winners of a particular tournament.

More Daily Puzzle Answers

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If you missed yesterday’s challenges, you can also view our archive:

• April 9, 2026 NYT Connections Sports Edition #563 Hints and Answers
• April 8, 2026 NYT Connections Sports Edition #562 Hints and Answers
• April 7, 2026 NYT Connections Sports Edition #561 Hints and Answers