Sports Connections Hints: Feb 6, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Feb 6, 2025 (2025-02-06). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #321

Puzzle #321 · 2025-02-06 · 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 #321 for 2025-02-06, 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: TRANSACTION, SOCCER POSITIONS, TYPES OF BLITZES 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.

TRANSACTION
SOCCER POSITIONS
TYPES OF BLITZES
FOUL _____

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.

TRANSACTION

DEAL

EXCHANGE

TRADE

TRANSFER

SOCCER POSITIONS

FULLBACK

GOALKEEPER

MIDFIELDER

STRIKER

TYPES OF BLITZES

SAFETY

SIMULATED

ZERO

ZONE

FOUL _____

BALL

OUT

POLE

TERRITORY

Reveal full answer

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