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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 24, #274
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 274, for June 24.

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Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a mix today. The blue category could be tough, as those teams aren’t super well-known. And if you watch a lot of TV sports programming, you might figure out the purple category. Read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.
Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta
Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: The bosses.
Green group hint: Sunshine State.
Blue group hint: Minor leagues.
Purple group hint: TV titles.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Heads of an organization.
Green group: Florida college teams.
Blue group: Triple-A baseball teams.
Purple group: Last words of ESPN shows.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is heads of an organization. The four answers are brass, leadership, management and team officials.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is Florida college teams. The four answers are Bulls, Gators, Hurricanes and Seminoles.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Triple-A baseball teams. The four answers are Bats, Railriders, Sounds and Tides.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is last words of ESPN shows. The four answers are Horn, Interruption, Take and Up.
Toughest Connections: Sports Edition categories
The Connections: Sports Edition puzzle can be tough, but it really depends on which sports you know the most about. My husband aces anything having to do with Formula 1, my best friend is a hockey buff, and I can answer any question about Minnesota teams.
That said, it’s hard to pick the toughest Connections categories, but here are some I found exceptionally mind-blowing recently.
#1: Series A Clubs, Jan. 11. Answers: Atalanta, Juventus, Lazio, Roma.
#2: WNBA MVPs, Jan. 21. Answers: Catchings, Delle Donne, Fowles and Stewart.
#3: Premier League team nicknames, Jan. 17. Answers: Bees, Cherries, Foxes and Hammers.
#4: Homophones of NBA player names, Jan. 26. Answers: Barns, Connect, Heart and Hero.
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Adobe’s New Firefly AI App Lets You Try AI Image and Video Generation for Free
Both the iOS and Android versions of the app give you free credits to experiment with Adobe’s AI.
Adobe’s Firefly AI is now available as mobile apps for iPhones and Androids, the company announced on Tuesday. These apps are free to download and let you use Firefly to create AI images and videos on the go. Plus, the app comes with a few free generative credits for you to experiment with Adobe’s AI.
Adobe is also expanding its roster of third-party AI partners to include six new models from Ideogram, Pika, Luma and Runway. Google’s latest AI models are also joining the lineup, including the internet-famous Veo 3 AI video generation model with native audio capabilities and the Imagen 4 text-to-image model support. Finally, its moodboarding AI program, Firefly Boards, is generally available today after months in beta.
Here’s everything you need to know about Adobe’s newest batch of Firefly AI updates. For more, check out our favorite AI image generators and what to know about AI video models.
Firefly AI for iOS and Android users
Adobe’s Firefly mobile apps will let you access its AI image and video capabilities from your phone. A mobile app felt like the next natural step, since Adobe saw that mobile web usage of Firefly noticeably increased after Adobe’s Firefly video capability launched in early 2025.
Not every Firefly feature will be available at launch, but for now, we know that these features will be included: text-to-image, text- and image-to-video, generative fill, and generative expand. You can download the app now from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
The app is free to download, but you’ll need a Firefly-inclusive Adobe plan to really use the app. In the hopes that you’ll sign up for a full plan, Adobe gives you 12 free generation Firefly credits (10 for images, two for videos, which doesn’t shake out to many of each). So you can use those to see if Firefly is a good fit for you.
Firefly plans start at $10 per month for 2,000 credits (about 20 videos), increasing in price and generation credits from there. Depending on your Adobe plan, you may already have access to Firefly credits, so double-check that first.
Adobe’s six new AI models from Google, Runway and more
Adobe’s also adding new outside AI creative models to its offerings, including image and video models from Ideogram, Pika, Luma and Runway. You might recognize the name Runway from its deal with Lionsgate to create models for the entertainment giant. Ideogram, Pika and Luma are all other well-known AI creative services. Google’s Veo 3 AI video generator is also joining, bringing its first-of-its-kind synchronized AI audio capabilities, along with the latest generation of Google’s AI image model.
This is the second batch of third-party models that Adobe has added to its platform. Earlier this spring, Adobe partnered with OpenAI, Google and Black Forest (creator of Flux) to bring the companies’ AI models to Adobe. What’s unique about this is that all third-party models have to agree to Adobe’s AI policy, which prevents all the companies from training on customers’ content — even if the individual companies don’t have that policy on their own, it’s standardized across all models offered through Adobe. This is also true for the new models added today. For AI-wary professional creators who make up the majority of Adobe users, that’s a bit of good news.
You’ll need a paid Firefly plan to access outside models; otherwise, you’ll just have access to the Adobe models. Here are all the AI models available through Adobe:
- Adobe Firefly Image 3
- Adobe Firefly Image 4
- Adobe Firefly Image Ultra
- Flux 1.1 Pro
- Flux 1 Kontext
- Google’s Imagen 3
- OpenAI’s image generation model
- (new) Ideogram 3
- (new) Google’s Imagen 4
- (new) Runway’s Gen-4 Image
For video, you can use:
- Adobe Firefly Video
- Google Veo 2
- (new) Google Veo 3
- (new) Luma AI Ray 2
- (new) Pika’s text-to-video generator
Adobe’s own Firefly AI models are trained on a combination of Adobe Stock and other licensed content. You can learn more in Adobe’s AI guidelines and approach to AI.
AI moodboarding gets a boost
Other Adobe updates include the general release of its moodboarding program, Firefly Boards, which has been in beta since April. Moodboarding is a practice that lets you cluster together different elements, like colors and shapes, to evoke specific moods and aesthetics. It’s a good initial step for planning content and campaigns.
You can use the infinite canvas to brainstorm and plan content. You can generate images and videos in Boards using Adobe and non-Adobe models; the setups are very similar to generating in the regular Firefly window. Boards are collaborative, so you can edit with multiple people. A new one-click arrange button can help you organize and visualize your files more easily, a much-requested feature that came out of the beta.
Firefly boards are synced up with your Adobe account. So you can select a photo in a Board, open it in Photoshop and edit it. Those changes will then be synced up with your Firefly Board in less than a minute, so you can always see the latest version of your file without needing to be limited to editing in Boards.
For more, check out Premiere Pro’s first generative AI feature and the best Photoshop AI tools.
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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 24, #1466
Here are hints and the answer for today’s Wordle No. 1,466 for June 24. Tip: Lean heavily on vowels.
Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.
Today’s Wordle puzzle features a very common vowel, so you might be able to guess it quickly. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.
Today’s Wordle hints
Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.
Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats
Today’s Wordle answer has one repeated letter.
Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels
There are two vowels in today’s Wordle answer, but one is the repeated letter, so you’ll see that only twice.
Wordle hint No. 3: First letter
Today’s Wordle answer begins with E.
Wordle hint No. 4: Sports
Today’s Wordle answer is often used to describe NFL quarterbacks who are the best in the league.
Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning
Today’s Wordle answer can describe a select group that is in some way superior to others.
TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER
Today’s Wordle answer is ELITE.
Yesterday’s Wordle answer
Yesterday’s Wordle answer, June 23, No. 1465 was ODDLY.
Recent Wordle answers
June 19, No. 1461: CURIO
June 20, No. 1462: TAUPE
June 21, No. 1463: GLADE
June 22, No. 1464: THRUM
What’s the best Wordle starting word?
Don’t be afraid to use our tip sheet ranking all the letters in the alphabet by frequency of uses. In short, you want starter words that lean heavy on E, A and R, and don’t contain Z, J and Q.
Some solid starter words to try:
ADIEU
TRAIN
CLOSE
STARE
NOISE
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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, June 24
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for June 24.
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.
Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Some of the clues are tricky today — 8-Across stumped me until I filled in more letters from the Down clues. Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.
The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.
Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword
Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Traditional meat for shawarma
Answer: LAMB
5A clue: Brainstorm outputs
Answer: IDEAS
7A clue: Cunningly sidestep, as a difficult question
Answer: DODGE
8A clue: Marketing pitch
Answer: SPIEL
9A clue: 12-ounce size at Starbucks
Answer: TALL
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Pot heads?
Answer: LIDS
2D clue: Bring home from a shelter, maybe
Answer: ADOPT
3D clue: ___ darling (one getting favorable news coverage)
Answer: MEDIA
4D clue: Breakfast item with cream cheese
Answer: BAGEL
6D clue: What bears do in a bear market
Answer: SELL
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