NYT connections today: Sports edition indices, answers for June 18 # 268

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Today’s connections: Sports Edition offers a category of killer purple. How good are you in anagrams? Think of the names of the baseball team and see where you can go with it. Read the rest for advice and answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is out of the beta version, making its debut on the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 9. This is a sign that the game won enough loyal players that the sports journalism site based on the Times subscription, will continue to publish it. It does not appear in the Nyt Games application but now appears in the own application of athletics. Or you can continue to play for free online.
Find out more: Nyt Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle comes out of the beta version
Tips for today’s connections: Sports publishing groups
Here are four tips for groups in today’s connections: Sports Edition Puzzle, classified from the easiest yellow group to the hard (and sometimes weird) group.
Yellow group index: Not to the north
Green group index: University competition
Blue group index: Football stars
Violet group index: Mixed baseball teams
Answers for today’s connections: Sports publishing groups
Yellow group: South NFC teams
Green group: University football bowl games
Blue group: Four last NWSL champions
Violet group: Anagrams of MLB teams
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What are the connections today: Sports Edition answers?
NYT connections completed: Puzzle Sports Edition for June 18, 2025, # 268.
Yellow words in today’s connections
The theme is NFC South Teams. The four answers are Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans and Tampa Bay.
Green words in today’s connections
The theme is university football matches. The four answers are the holidays, the musical city, the rose and the sugar.
Blue words in today’s connections
The theme is the last four champions of the NWSL. The four answers are Gotham, Pride, Spirit and Thorns.
Violet words in today’s connections
The theme is the anagrams of MLB teams. The four responses are Gleans, Roasts, Rods and Trait.
Gleans = angels
Roast = astros
Stem = dishes
Traps = pirates