NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for June 5originally appeared onParade. Get excited—there's another New York Times game to add to your daily routine! Those of us word game addicts who already playWordle,Connections,Strandsand theMini Crosswordnow have Connections Sports Edition to add to the mix.So, if you're looking for some hints and answers for today's Connections Sports Edition on Thursday, June 5, 2025, you've come to the right place.Related:The 26 Funniest NYT Connections Game Memes You'll Appreciate if You Do This Daily Word Puzzle Connections Sports Edition is just like the regular Connections word puzzle, in that it's a game that resets at 12 a.m. EST each day and has 16 different words listed. It's up to you to figure out each group of four words that belong to a certain category, with four categories in total.This new version is sports-specific, however, as a partnership between The New York Times and The Athletic.As the NYT site instructs, for Connections Sports Edition, you "group sports terms that share a common thread." Here are some hints about the four categories to help you figure out the word groupings. Yellow:The last four teams remaining in a particular sport (this year). Green:Performers who spend most of their time on the sidelines or in the stands. Blue:Players associated with an Oklahoma team. Purple:Players associated with an Indiana team. OK, time for a second hint…we'll give you the actual categories now. Spoilers below! Yellow:THIS YEAR'S NBA CONFERENCE FINALISTS Green:NBA MASCOTS Blue:THUNDER STARS OF YEARS PAST Purple:PACERS STARS OF YEARS PAST If you're looking for the answers, no worries—we've got them below. So, don't scroll any further if you don't want to see the solutions!The answers to today's Connections Sports Edition #255 are coming up next.Related:15 Fun Games Like Connections to Play Every Day THIS YEAR'S NBA CONFERENCE FINALISTS: KNICKS, PACERS, THUNDER, TIMBERWOLVES NBA MASCOTS: BENNY, BOOMER, BURNIE, RUMBLE THUNDER STARS OF YEARS PAST: DURANT, HARDEN, IBAKA, WESTBROOK PACERS STARS OF YEARS PAST: GEORGE, MILLER, O'NEAL, SMITS Don't worry if you didn't get them this time—we've all been there.Up next,catch up on the answers to recent Wordle puzzles. NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for June 5first appeared on Parade on Jun 5, 2025 This story was originally reported byParadeon Jun 5, 2025, where it first appeared.