Sports Connections Hints: Feb 20, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Feb 20, 2025 (2025-02-20). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #334

Puzzle #334 · 2025-02-20 · 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 #334 for 2025-02-20, 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: LAWN GAMES, PARTS OF A RACETRACK, MEMBERS OF THE MANNING FAMILY 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.

  • LAWN GAMES
  • PARTS OF A RACETRACK
  • MEMBERS OF THE MANNING FAMILY
  • ATHLETES TO GUEST HOST 'SNL'

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.

LAWN GAMES

BOCCE
CORNHOLE
CROQUET
KANJAM

PARTS OF A RACETRACK

INFIELD
PITS
STRAIGHTAWAY
TURN

MEMBERS OF THE MANNING FAMILY

ARCH
COOPER
ELI
PEYTON

ATHLETES TO GUEST HOST 'SNL'

BRADY
PHELPS
ROUSEY
WATT

Reveal full answer

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

LAWN GAMES

BOCCE
CORNHOLE
CROQUET
KANJAM

PARTS OF A RACETRACK

INFIELD
PITS
STRAIGHTAWAY
TURN

MEMBERS OF THE MANNING FAMILY

ARCH
COOPER
ELI
PEYTON

ATHLETES TO GUEST HOST 'SNL'

BRADY
PHELPS
ROUSEY
WATT

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