Sports Connections Hints: Jan 1, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Jan 1, 2025 (2025-01-01). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #283

Puzzle #283 · 2025-01-01 · 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 #283 for 2025-01-01, 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: WNBA TEAMS, AL CENTRAL TEAMS, LAS VEGAS TEAMS 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.

WNBA TEAMS
AL CENTRAL TEAMS
LAS VEGAS TEAMS
"RED" TEAMS

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.

WNBA TEAMS

LIBERTY

MERCURY

SPARKS

WINGS

AL CENTRAL TEAMS

GUARDIANS

ROYALS

TWINS

WHITE SOX

LAS VEGAS TEAMS

ACES

GOLDEN KNIGHTS

RAIDERS

UNLV

"RED" TEAMS

REDS

RED SOX

RED RAIDERS

RED WINGS

Reveal full answer

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