Sports Connections Hints: Jan 13, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Jan 13, 2025 (2025-01-13). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #295

Puzzle #295 · 2025-01-13 · 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 #295 for 2025-01-13, 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: FAKE A FOUL, FOOTBALL RUNNING PLAYS, OLYMPIC COMBAT SPORTS 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.

FAKE A FOUL
FOOTBALL RUNNING PLAYS
OLYMPIC COMBAT SPORTS
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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.

FAKE A FOUL

ACT

DIVE

EMBELLISH

FLOP

FOOTBALL RUNNING PLAYS

BLAST

COUNTER

OFF-TACKLE

SWEEP

OLYMPIC COMBAT SPORTS

BOXING

JUDO

TAEKWONDO

WRESTLING

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BASEBALL

RALLY

SALARY

SWIM

Reveal full answer

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