Sports Connections Hints: Feb 23, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Feb 23, 2025 (2025-02-23). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #338

Puzzle #338 · 2025-02-23 · 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 #338 for 2025-02-23, 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: PLAYING SURFACE, BOWLING TERMS, SUPER BOWL LIX TD SCORERS 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.

PLAYING SURFACE
BOWLING TERMS
SUPER BOWL LIX TD SCORERS
FIELDERS

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.

PLAYING SURFACE

FIELD

GROUNDS

PITCH

TURF

BOWLING TERMS

BUMPER

GUTTER

LANE

POCKET

SUPER BOWL LIX TD SCORERS

DEJEAN

HURTS

SMITH

WORTHY

FIELDERS

CATCHER

CECIL

PRINCE

SHORTSTOP

Reveal full answer

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