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 Tuesday, May 20, 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:Words for a sporting group. Green:Teams from a specific second city. Blue:Teams that a New York #22 player has played on. Purple:These all are names of specific teams, just with one letter difference. OK, time for a second hint… we'll give you the actual categories now. Spoilers below! Yellow:TEAM Green:CHICAGO TEAMS Blue:TEAMS JUAN SOTO HAS PLAYED FOR Purple:NBA TEAMS WITH THE FIRST LETTER CHANGED 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 #239 are coming up next.Related:15 Fun Games Like Connections to Play Every Day TEAM: CLUB, SIDE, SQUAD, UNIT CHICAGO TEAMS: BEARS, FIRE, SKY, WHITE SOX TEAMS JUAN SOTO HAS PLAYED FOR: METS, NATIONALS, PADRES, YANKEES NBA TEAMS WITH THE FIRST LETTER CHANGED: BUNS, GULLS, MEAT, SLIPPERS 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.
