NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for May 30originally 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 Friday, May 30, 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:Something a referee might do to a player (usually for unsportsmanlike conduct). Green:Ways to move the ball in a particular sport. Blue:"Vernon" and "Lundqvist" could be included here. Purple:Related to a professional sport (usually played in the winter). OK, time for a second hint…we'll give you the actual categories now. Spoilers below! Yellow:THROW OUT OF A GAME Green:FOOTBALL RUNNING PLAYS Blue:HALL OF FAME HOCKEY GOALTENDERS Purple:FIRST THREE LETTERS OF NHL TEAM NAMES 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 #249 are coming up next.Related:15 Fun Games Like Connections to Play Every Day THROW OUT OF A GAME: BOOT, CHASE, EJECT, TOSS FOOTBALL RUNNING PLAYS: COUNTER, DIVE, DRAW, REVERSE HALL OF FAME HOCKEY GOALTENDERS: HASEK, LUONGO, PARENT, ROY FIRST THREE LETTERS OF NHL TEAM NAMES: FLY, MAP, PAN, PEN 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 May 30first appeared on Parade on May 30, 2025 This story was originally reported byParadeon May 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
