Need help with todayโs Connections: Sports Edition puzzle? Youโve come to the right place.
Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach, a place to collect tips and discuss (and share) the results.
Before we continue, a quick announcement to the public: At the bottom of this article are answers and tips for four categories. So if you want to solve the board without hints, we recommend that you play around before continuing.
You can access todayโs game here. And when youโre done, try our limited-edition Connections: Soccer Edition โ special for this summerโs World Cup โ for an extra challenge.
Todayโs challenge
Difficulty of game No. 642: 2.5 out of 5.
Connections: Sports Edition Hints for June 27, 2026
Scroll below to see one answer in each of the four categories.
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Yellow: LEGEND
Green: DENVER
Blue: CASH
Purple: MAYER
Connections: Sports Edition Answers June 27, 2026
Scroll below to see the complete answers for each of the four categories.
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Yellow
Revered Star: GREAT, ICON, LEGEND, SUPERSTAR.
Green
Last four NBA champions: BOSTON, DENVER, NEW YORK, OKLAHOMA CITY.
Blue
WNBA Players in the Basketball Hall of Fame: CASH, CATCHINGS, LESLIE, WHALEN
Violet
Starts with NFL starting QB: JACKSONVILLE, MEYER, WILLIAMSPORT, YOUNGSTER.
What is Connections: Sports Edition?
Connections: Sports version Athleticthe first ever game, a daily puzzle game designed to allow players to find communications between 16 words on the playing field.
The goal of the game is to group words or objects into four groups of four as quickly as possible based on commonalities within each group. Find the groups without making four mistakes. Each puzzle has only one solution, so keep an eye out for words and objects that belong to multiple categories!
Examples of categories:
Sports ____: Fan, Car, Bar, Radio
American Summer Olympians: Biles, Phelps, Ledecky, Lyles
Each group of categories is assigned a color that is displayed as they are solved: from easy (yellow) to medium (green), from difficult (blue) to difficult (purple).
Who creates the puzzles for Connections: Sports Edition?
Itโs me! My name is Mark Cooper, I create Connections: Sports Edition and serve as the managing editor of the college sports magazine here at Athletic. Iโve been before AthleticEditor-in-Chief of the latest news.
The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for playing โ share your results in the comments!