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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 18, #268

Here are the answers for Connections: Sports Edition. Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. 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. Advertisement 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. Advertisement 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 Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words What are today's Connections: Sports Edition answers? The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for June 18, 2025, #268. 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