Sports Connections Hints: Jan 31, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Jan 31, 2025 (2025-01-31). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #308

Puzzle #308 · 2025-01-31 · 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 #308 for 2025-01-31, 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: BILLIARDS TERMS, ACC SCHOOLS, FIRST NAMES OF LAST FOUR NO. 1 NFL DRAFT PICKS 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.

BILLIARDS TERMS
ACC SCHOOLS
FIRST NAMES OF LAST FOUR NO. 1 NFL DRAFT PICKS
BLUES

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.

BILLIARDS TERMS

BREAK

CUE

ENGLISH

SCRATCH

ACC SCHOOLS

CAL

DUKE

MIAMI

VIRGINIA

FIRST NAMES OF LAST FOUR NO. 1 NFL DRAFT PICKS

CALEB

BRYCE

TRAVON

TREVOR

BLUES

CHELSEA

FRANCE

ST. LOUIS

VIDA

Reveal full answer

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