Sports Connections Hints: Mar 19, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Mar 19, 2025 (2025-03-19). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #359

Puzzle #359 · 2025-03-19 · 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 #359 for 2025-03-19, 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: STATS FOR A QB, FIRST WORDS OF NCAA TOURNAMENT ROUNDS, BASEBALL "LEAGUES" 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.

STATS FOR A QB
FIRST WORDS OF NCAA TOURNAMENT ROUNDS
BASEBALL "LEAGUES"
PERIODIC TABLE MEETS SPORTS

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.

STATS FOR A QB

ATTEMPTS

RATING

YARDS

TOUCHDOWNS

FIRST WORDS OF NCAA TOURNAMENT ROUNDS

FIRST

SWEET

ELITE

FINAL

BASEBALL "LEAGUES"

CACTUS

GRAPEFRUIT

INTERNATIONAL

PACIFIC COAST

PERIODIC TABLE MEETS SPORTS

GOLD MEDAL

LEAD RUNNER

MERCURY

SILVER SLUGGER

Reveal full answer

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