{"id":9110,"date":"2025-06-22T03:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=9110"},"modified":"2025-06-22T03:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:09:13","slug":"todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-answers-for-june-22-272","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=9110","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for June 22 #272"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">Looking for the <strong>most recent<\/strong>\u00a0regular Connections answers? Click here for today&#8217;s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">I about fell over when I saw today&#8217;s\u00a0Connections: Sports Edition. The clues are all just letters and a few numbers, not full words. And they&#8217;re all basketball-related categories, marking Game 7 of the NBA playoffs. Read on for hints and the answers.<\/p>\n<p>Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on\u00a0Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That&#8217;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&#8217;t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic&#8217;s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong>NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta<\/p>\n<h2>Hints for today&#8217;s Connections: Sports Edition groups<\/h2>\n<p>Here are four hints for the groupings in today&#8217;s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yellow group hint<\/strong>: Where you play on the court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green group hint<\/strong>: Look for the score.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blue group hint<\/strong>: Statistics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purple group hint<\/strong>: Not full names.<\/p>\n<h2>Answers for today&#8217;s Connections: Sports Edition groups<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Yellow group<\/strong>: Basketball positions, abbreviated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green group<\/strong>: NBA teams, on scoreboards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blue group<\/strong>: Basketball stats, abbreviated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purple group<\/strong>: NBA stars&#8217; abbreviated nicknames.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words<\/p>\n<h2>What are today&#8217;s Connections: Sports Edition answers?<\/h2>\n<p>     <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_caption g-inner-spacing-right-small g-text-xxsmall\"><\/p>\n<p>The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for June 22, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><\/span> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-inner-spacing-right-small g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall g-color-text-meta g-text-xxxsmall\">NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The yellow words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is basketball positions, abbreviated. The four answers are C, PF, PG and SF.<\/p>\n<h3>The green words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is NBA teams, on scoreboards. \u00a0The four answers are IND, LAC, MEM and OKC.<\/p>\n<h3>The blue words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is basketball stats, abbreviated. The four answers are 3P, FG, FT and STL.<\/p>\n<h3>The purple words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is NBA stars&#8217; abbreviated nicknames. The four answers are CP3, KD, LBJ and SGA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for the most recent\u00a0regular Connections answers? Click here for today&#8217;s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. I about fell over when I saw today&#8217;s\u00a0Connections: Sports Edition. 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