Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for June 18 #268
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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for June 18 #268
Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. The game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Read on for hints and the answers for today’s Connections: Sport’s Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Click here for the most recent regular Connections answers.
Today’s Connections: Sports Edition features a killer purple category. How good are you at anagrams? Think baseball team names, and see where you can go with that. Read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.
Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta
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: Not North
Green group hint: College competitions
Blue group hint: Soccer stars
Purple group hint: Mixed-up baseball teams
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: NFC South teams
Green group: College football bowl games
Blue group: Last four NWSL champions
Purple group: Anagrams of MLB teams
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What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for June 18, 2025, #268. NYT/Screenshot by CNET
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is NFC South teams. The four answers are Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans and Tampa Bay.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is college football bowl games. The four answers are Holiday, Music City, Rose and Sugar.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is the last four NWSL champions. The four answers are Gotham, Pride, Spirit and Thorns.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is anagrams of MLB teams. The four answers are Gleans, Roasts, Stem and Traipse.
Gleans=Angels
Roasts=Astros
Stem=Mets
Traipse=Pirates