Sports Connections Hints: Feb 1, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Feb 1, 2025 (2025-02-01). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #324

Puzzle #324 · 2025-02-01 · 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 #324 for 2025-02-01, 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: AREAS ON A GOLF COURSE, A COLORADO ATHLETE, BOXING MOVIES 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.

AREAS ON A GOLF COURSE
A COLORADO ATHLETE
BOXING MOVIES
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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.

AREAS ON A GOLF COURSE

BUNKER

FRINGE

GREEN

ROUGH

A COLORADO ATHLETE

BRONCO

BUFFALO

NUGGET

RAPID

BOXING MOVIES

ALI

CREED

RAGING BULL

ROCKY

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END

MATCHUP

RED

STRIKE

Reveal full answer

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