NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for Monday, June 30originally appeared onParade. Get excited—there's another New York Times game to add to your daily routine! Those of us word game addicts who already playWordle,Connections,Strandsand theMini Crosswordnow have Connections Sports Edition to add to the mix.So, if you're looking for some hints and answers for today's Connections Sports Edition on Monday, June 30, 2025, you've come to the right place. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 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. This new version is sports-specific, however, as a partnership between The New York Times and The Athletic. As the NYT site instructs, for Connections Sports Edition, you "group sports terms that share a common thread." Related:The 26 Funniest NYT Connections Game Memes You'll Appreciate if You Do This Daily Word Puzzle Here are some hints about the four categories to help you figure out the word groupings. Yellow:Ted Lasso Green:Go west! Blue:Neigh! Purple:The team name is part of the word OK, time for a second hint…we'll give you the actual categories now. Spoilers below! Yellow:Soccer positions. Green:AL West teams, minus the S. Blue:Horseshoes terms. Purple:Starts with a WNBA team. If you're looking for the answers, no worries—we've got them below. So, don't scroll any further if you don't want to see the solutions!The answers to today's Connections Sports Edition #280 are coming up next.Related:15 Fun Games Like Connections to Play Every Day SOCCER POSITIONS:FULLBACK, GOALKEEPER, MIDFIELDER, STRIKER AL WEST TEAMS, MINUS THE S:ANGEL, ATHLETIC, MARINER, RANGER HORSESHOES TERMS:INNING, LEANER, RINGER, STAKES STARTS WITH A WNBA TEAM:DREAMT, SKYDIVING, SUNBATHE, WINGSPAN Don't worry if you didn't get them this time—we've all been there.Up next,catch up on the answers to recent Wordle puzzles. NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for Monday, June 30first appeared on Parade on Jun 30, 2025 This story was originally reported byParadeon Jun 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
