Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for June 27, 2026, puzzle No. 642

Updated June 27, 2026, 4 a.m. by mark cooper 1 min read

Need help with todays Connections: Sports Edition puzzle? Youve come to the right place.

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

A quick public service announcement before we continue: The bottom of this article includes the answers and hints for the four categories.

So if you want to solve the board hint-free, we recommend you play before continuing.

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Todays difficulty Game No.

642s difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 Connections: Sports Edition hints for June 27, 2026 Scroll below for one answer in each of the four categories.

Yellow: LEGEND Green: DENVER Blue: CASH Purple: MAYER Connections: Sports Edition answers for June 27, 2026 Scroll below for the full answers to each of the four categories.

Yellow A revered star: GREAT, ICON, LEGEND, SUPERSTAR Green Last four NBA champions: BOSTON, DENVER, NEW YORK, OKLAHOMA CITY Blue WNBA players in the Basketball Hall of Fame: CASH, CATCHINGS, LESLIE, WHALEN Purple Starts with an NFL starting QB: JACKSONVILLE, MAYER, WILLIAMSPORT, YOUNGSTER What is Connections: Sports Edition? Connections: Sports Edition is The Athletics first-ever game, a daily puzzle designed for players to find connections between 16 words on the game board.

The games objective is to group words or objects into four groups of four based on commonalities within each group as quickly as possible.

Find the groups without making four mistakes.

Each puzzle has exactly one solution, so watch out for words or items that seem to belong to multiple categories! Category examples: Sports ____ : Fan, Car, Bar, Radio U.S.

Summer Olympians: Biles, Phelps, Ledecky, Lyles Each category group is assigned a color, revealed as you solve, ranging from straightforward (yellow) to medium (green) to challenging (blue) to tricky (purple).

Who creates the puzzles for Connections: Sports Edition? Thats me! My name is Mark Cooper, and I create Connections: Sports Edition and work as a managing editor for college sports here at The Athletic.

I was previously The Athletics managing editor for breaking news.

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