Sports Connections Hints: Mar 21, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Mar 21, 2025 (2025-03-21). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #367

Puzzle #367 · 2025-03-21 · 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 #367 for 2025-03-21, 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: HIT A BALL WITH YOUR FOOT, BASKETBALL DEFENSES, NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STARS 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.

HIT A BALL WITH YOUR FOOT
BASKETBALL DEFENSES
NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STARS
_____ WILSON

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.

HIT A BALL WITH YOUR FOOT

BOOT

KICK

PUNT

STRIKE

BASKETBALL DEFENSES

MAN

PRESS

TRAP

ZONE

NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STARS

BETTS

BUECKERS

HIDALGO

WATKINS

_____ WILSON

A'JA

GARRETT

MOOKIE

RUSSELL

Reveal full answer

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