Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

Now, there's a new version of the game focusing on sports-related words It's simply called Connections: Sports Editio

There are sixteen new challenging words in this Connections puzzle, and each one needs to be put into the correct group with few mistakes made.