Sports Connections Hints: Jan 25, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Jan 25, 2025 (2025-01-25). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #310

Puzzle #310 · 2025-01-25 · 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 #310 for 2025-01-25, 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: SORENESS, AN OREGON ATHLETE, ROOKIE QBS TO REACH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP 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.

SORENESS
AN OREGON ATHLETE
ROOKIE QBS TO REACH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
JALEN _____

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.

SORENESS

ACHE

DISCOMFORT

PAIN

STING

AN OREGON ATHLETE

BEAVER

THORN

TIMBER

TRAIL BLAZER

ROOKIE QBS TO REACH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

DANIELS

PURDY

SANCHEZ

FLACCO

JALEN _____

BRUNSON

HURTS

RAMSEY

ROSE

Reveal full answer

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