Today’s Sports Connections hints & answers

Use this page when you're stuck on today's NYT Sports Connections puzzle and want structured hints instead of the full spoiler. We reveal themes, group titles, and tiles step by step, then show the full board only when you explicitly ask for it.

Puzzle #1061 · 2026-09-11 · sports

Step through today’s Connections hints

Start with broad themes, then reveal more detail about the groups and tiles only when you need it. The final button shows today's full group breakdown.

Puzzle reference: Connections #1061 for 2026-09-11, edition sports, with a standard four-group board. Spoiler categories and tiles stay collapsed until you open the hint layers below.

Hint 1 – overall theme

There are 4 groups in today’s puzzle.

Themes include: NFL INJURY REPORT DESIGNATIONS, WAYS TO REACH FIRST BASE, LAS VEGAS ACES and 1 more.

Hint 2 – group titles

Here are the category names for each group. Try matching the tiles in the official game to these themes before you reveal any tiles.

NFL INJURY REPORT DESIGNATIONS
WAYS TO REACH FIRST BASE
LAS VEGAS ACES
_____ DUNK

Hint 3 – group tiles

Reveal the tiles for each group. If you only want a partial nudge, stop after reading one or two groups and go back to the official puzzle.

NFL INJURY REPORT DESIGNATIONS

PROBABLE

QUESTIONABLE

DOUBTFUL

OUT

WAYS TO REACH FIRST BASE

SINGLE

WALK

HIT BY PITCH

ERROR

LAS VEGAS ACES

GRAY

LOYD

WILSON

YOUNG

_____ DUNK

NIKE

SLAM

REVERSE

WINDMILL

Reveal full answer

This is the full breakdown of today's Connections puzzle: group titles and all tiles, grouped together.