Every morning, as the 2026 World Cup draws nearer, a new brain teaser arrives to test the soccer‑savvy mind. The game, called Connections: Soccer Edition, presents sixteen words or images that must be sorted into four groups of four, each sharing a hidden commonality.
Players are given three chances to make mistakes before the puzzle ends, and each set of four must be solved in a single attempt; the puzzle guarantees exactly one correct solution.
The mind behind the game
Will Jeanes, a senior editor at The Athletic, is the creator of the daily Soccer Edition puzzles. He blends his love of the sport with a knack for wordplay, shaping each set of clues to reflect the global reach of football while keeping the mechanics familiar to fans of the original Connections.
Today's clues and answers
The four categories for puzzle 14 are hinted at by the words SHOUT, PASS, RONALDO and BASEL. The solutions are: sounds made by a crowd (CHEER, CLAP, BOO, SHOUT), actions you can perform with a ball (DRIBBLE, PASS, SHOOT, CROSS), players who have logged at least 150 international appearances (BRAVO, RONALDO, PERIŠIĆ, LEWANDOWSKI), and Swiss clubs (GRASSHOPPER, BASEL, SERVETTE, YOUNG BOYS).
The next puzzle will drop at midnight in your local time, ready to test your football knowledge once more.