Sports Connections Hints: Feb 12, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Feb 12, 2025 (2025-02-12). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #327

Puzzle #327 · 2025-02-12 · 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 #327 for 2025-02-12, 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: STRATEGY, CURRENT MINNESOTA TEAMS, THINGS ONE BUYS AT A SPORTING EVENT 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.

STRATEGY
CURRENT MINNESOTA TEAMS
THINGS ONE BUYS AT A SPORTING EVENT
FORMER NHL TEAMS

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.

STRATEGY

GAMBIT

MANEUVER

MOVE

TACTIC

CURRENT MINNESOTA TEAMS

GOLDEN GOPHERS

LYNX

VIKINGS

WILD

THINGS ONE BUYS AT A SPORTING EVENT

FOOD

PROGRAM

SOUVENIR

TICKET

FORMER NHL TEAMS

COYOTES

GOLDEN SEALS

NORTH STARS

WHALERS

Reveal full answer

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