Here are the solutions if you are stuck. Or if you just want to see the logic.
Movie buffs might breeze through today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle. At least the blue section.
It comes from The Athletic, not the NYT app itself. Though The Athletic owns the game, it lives in their app or on the web for free.
Don’t let the “sports” label fool you.
Hints for June 6
Here is how the groups break down. Ranked from easiest (yellow) to hardest (purple).
Yellow hint
Young and gifted.
Green hint
You won.
Blue hint
Enjoy the show.
Purple hint
Teams that don’t exist under that name anymore.
The Answers
Yellow group
Prodigy.
The words? Phenom, sensation, whiz, and Wunderkind.
Green group
MLB awards.
Cy Young, Gold Glove, MVP, and Silver Slugger.
Blue group
Sports movies of 2004? Yes, 2004, not 1994.
Dodgeball, Friday Night Lights, Million Dollar Baby, and Miracle.
Purple group
Former WNBA team names.
Monarchs, Shock, Silver Stars, Sting.
Which categories are actually hard?
Subjective. My husband crushes F1 questions. My best friend knows hockey cold. I only know Minnesota sports.
Some puzzles hit harder than others.
- Serie A clubs (Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio, Roma).
- WNBA MVPs (Catchings, Delle Donne, Fowlers, Stewart).
- Premier League nicknames (Bees, Cherries, Foxes, Hammers).
Who knew sports trivia could feel like this.
