Connections: Soccer Edition quiz hints and answers June 22, 2026
Today's Connections: Soccer Edition puzzle provides hints and answers for players to solve the game, focusing on soccer-related categories.
Are you looking for help with today's Connections: Soccer Edition puzzle? You have come to the right place. Welcome to Connections: Soccer Edition Coach — a space to gather suggestions and discuss (and share) scores. A quick announcement before we continue: The bottom of this article includes answers — and hints — for the four categories. So if you want to solve the board without hints, we recommend you play before continuing. You can access today's game here.
Today's game difficulty: Puzzle number 12 difficulty: 3 out of 5. Hint for Connections: Soccer Edition June 22, 2026. Scroll down to see one answer in each of the four categories.
Yellow: BIKE. Green: LIVERPOOL. Blue: ROSE BOWL. Purple: STING.
Answers for Connections: Soccer Edition June 22, 2026. Scroll down to see full answers for each of the four categories. Top content from tournaments.
Yellow - Shot types: FREE, PENALTY, BICYCLE, SCORPION. Green - Premier League champions: LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER CITY, MANCHESTER UNITED, BLACKBURN ROVERS. Blue - World Cup final stadiums: METLIFE, OLYMPIASTADION, ROSE BOWL, BERNABÉU. Purple - North American Soccer League Champions: STING, AZTECS, TORNADO, SPURS.
What is Connections: Soccer Edition? Connections: Soccer Edition is a new, daily puzzle game for World Cup 2026, designed for players to find connections between 16 words on the game board. The object of the game is to group sixteen words or objects into four groups of four based on commonalities in each group as quickly as possible. You are allowed three mistakes but if you make a fourth, the game will end with the answers revealed. Each puzzle has exactly one solution, so be careful with words or objects that appear to belong to different categories! Examples of categories: 2026 World Cup Debutants: Cape Verde, Jordan, Curaçao, Uzbekistan. Punishment ____: Spot, Kick, Taker, Shootout. Each group of categories is assigned a color, which is revealed as you solve it, from easy (yellow) to medium (green) to difficult (blue) to very difficult (purple). Of course, these group ratings can be interpreted in many ways, so you'll probably tackle a more difficult puzzle before an easier one!
Who created the puzzles for Connections: Soccer Edition? I! My name is Will Jeanes and I am the creator of Connections: Soccer Edition and work as a senior editor at The Athletic. I also write a number of articles, mainly focusing on football history and statistics. The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone. Thanks for playing — and please share your scores in the comments!