Sports Connections Hints: Jan 19, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Jan 19, 2025 (2025-01-19). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #302

Puzzle #302 · 2025-01-19 · 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 #302 for 2025-01-19, 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: INACCURATE, ICE HOCKEY POSITIONS, GIANTS HALL OF FAMERS 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.

INACCURATE
ICE HOCKEY POSITIONS
GIANTS HALL OF FAMERS
ASSOCIATED WITH JOSH ALLEN

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.

INACCURATE

AWAY

OFF THE MARK

OUTSIDE

WIDE

ICE HOCKEY POSITIONS

CENTER

DEFENSEMAN

GOALTENDER

WINGER

GIANTS HALL OF FAMERS

MARICHAL

MAYS

MCCOVEY

OTT

ASSOCIATED WITH JOSH ALLEN

BUFFALO

WYOMING

Reveal full answer

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