Sports Connections Hints: Feb 16, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Feb 16, 2025 (2025-02-16). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #331

Puzzle #331 · 2025-02-16 · 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 #331 for 2025-02-16, 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: RUN, STATS FOR A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, NASCAR TRACKS 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.

RUN
STATS FOR A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN
NASCAR TRACKS
ACC CITIES

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.

RUN

DART

DASH

RACE

SPRINT

STATS FOR A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN

HURRY

KNOCKDOWN

SACK

TACKLE FOR LOSS

NASCAR TRACKS

DAYTONA

DARLINGTON

MARTINSVILLE

TALLADEGA

ACC CITIES

BLACKSBURG

CHAPEL HILL

DURHAM

TALLAHASSEE

Reveal full answer

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

RUN