{"id":865555,"date":"2025-08-15T21:26:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-june-6-256\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T21:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:26:03","slug":"todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-june-6-256","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-june-6-256\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 6, #256"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n    Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 256, for June 6.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"globalAuthorImage\">\n<div><picture> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/d9515f2c4384bc3d2911766654146a5d3950dfca\/hub\/2016\/05\/02\/85948f9b-7918-477c-840f-eb31523e2b20\/gaelcropped2.jpg?auto=webp&#038;fit=crop&#038;height=96&#038;width=96\" alt=\"Headshot of Gael Cooper\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div section=\"authorCard\" id=\"author-card-0\">\n<div section=\"author_headshot\"><picture> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/4a2d5e639e8281b96b067d4332d16fb2ddbf8ab8\/hub\/2016\/05\/02\/85948f9b-7918-477c-840f-eb31523e2b20\/gaelcropped2.jpg?auto=webp&#038;fit=crop&#038;height=84&#038;width=84\" alt=\"Headshot of Gael Cooper\" height=\"84\" width=\"84\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of &#8220;Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the &#8217;70s and &#8217;80s,&#8221; as well as &#8220;The Totally Sweet &#8217;90s.&#8221; She&#8217;s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She&#8217;s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she&#8217;ll be first in line.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Expertise<\/span> <span>Breaking news, entertainment, lifestyle, travel, food, shopping and deals, product reviews, money and finance, video games, pets, history, books, technology history, and generational studies<\/span> <span>Credentials<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Co-author of two Gen X pop-culture encyclopedia for Penguin Books. Won &#8220;Headline Writer of the Year&#8221;\u200b award for 2017, 2014 and 2013 from the American Copy Editors Society.  Won first place in headline writing from the 2013 Society for Features Journalism.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-b18309b1-5f1d-40ab-af8a-ce5991b4df00\">\n<p>Looking for the <strong>most recent<\/strong>\u00a0regular Connections answers? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/feature\/daily-puzzle-answers\/\" target=\"_self\">Click here for today&#8217;s Connections hints<\/a>, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Today&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/connections-sports-edition\" target=\"_self\">Connections: Sports Edition<\/a>\u00a0could be tricky. That purple category requires some real letter gymnastics. Read on for hints and the answers.<\/p>\n<p>Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/super-bowl-2025-how-to-watch-chiefs-vs-eagles-kendrick-lamar-halftime-show-without-cable\/\" target=\"_self\">Super Bowl Sunday<\/a>, 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/nyt-connections-sports-edition-puzzle-comes-out-of-beta-on-super-bowl-sunday\/\" target=\"_self\">NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta<\/a><\/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>: Milwaukee player, for example.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green group hint<\/strong>: Gridiron goof.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blue group hint<\/strong>: Fire it in there!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purple group hint<\/strong>: Shake up words for sports.<\/p>\n<h2>Answers for today&#8217;s Connections: Sports Edition groups<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Yellow group<\/strong>: An NL Central player.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green group<\/strong>: Football penalties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blue group<\/strong>: Attributes for a pitcher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purple group<\/strong>: Sports, with a letter changed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/wordle-player-cheat-sheet-here-are-the-most-popular-letters-used-in-the-english-language\/\" target=\"_self\">Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What are today&#8217;s Connections: Sports Edition answers?<\/h2>\n<figure>\n<div><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"  alt=\"completed NYT Connections puzzle for June 6 2025 #256\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\"  alt=\"completed NYT Connections puzzle for June 6 2025 #256\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\"  alt=\"completed NYT Connections puzzle for June 6 2025 #256\"><img src alt=\"completed NYT Connections puzzle for June 6 2025 #256\" height=\"633.2129963898917\" width=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption><span><\/p>\n<p>The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for June 6, 2025, #256<\/p>\n<p><\/span> <span>NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>The yellow words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is an NL Central player. The four answers are Brewer, Cub, Pirate and Red.<\/p>\n<h3>The green words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is football penalties. The four answers are clipping, face mask, holding and offside.<\/p>\n<h3>The blue words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is attributes for a pitcher. The four answers are command, control, stamina and velocity.<\/p>\n<h3>The purple words in today&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The theme is sports, with a letter changed. The four answers are boiling, boring, gulf and skimming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boiling=bowling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boring=boxing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gulf=golf<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skimming=swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Quick tips for Connections: Sports Edition<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>#1: Don&#8217;t grab for the easiest group. For each word, think about other sports categories it might fit in \u2013 is this a word that can be used in football, or to describe scoring options?<\/p>\n<p>#2: Second meanings are important. The puzzle loves to use last names and even college names that mean other things, to fool you into thinking they are words, not names.<\/p>\n<p>#3: And the opposite is also true. Words like HURTS might seem like a regular word, but it&#8217;s also the last name of at least one pro athlete.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Gael Cooper <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-june-6-256\/#ftag=CAD590a51e\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 256, for June 6. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of &#8220;Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the &#8217;70s and &#8217;80s,&#8221; as well as &#8220;The Totally Sweet &#8217;90s.&#8221; She&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":865556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2456,3494],"tags":[16351,9656],"class_list":{"0":"post-865555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-connections","8":"category-todays","9":"tag-connections","10":"tag-todays"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}