Sports Connections Hints: Mar 25, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Mar 25, 2025 (2025-03-25). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #368

Puzzle #368 · 2025-03-25 · 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 #368 for 2025-03-25, 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: MOVE ON FROM A PLAYER, BASEBALL STATS, ABBREVIATED, FAMOUS BOS 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.

  • MOVE ON FROM A PLAYER
  • BASEBALL STATS, ABBREVIATED
  • FAMOUS BOS
  • FIRST FOUR LETTERS OF NBA TEAM NAMES

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.

MOVE ON FROM A PLAYER

CUT
RELEASE
TRADE
WAIVE

BASEBALL STATS, ABBREVIATED

AB
BB
OPS
SO

FAMOUS BOS

BICHETTE
JACKSON
NIX
RYAN

FIRST FOUR LETTERS OF NBA TEAM NAMES

CAVA
CLIP
HORN
ROCK

Reveal full answer

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

MOVE ON FROM A PLAYER

CUT
RELEASE
TRADE
WAIVE

BASEBALL STATS, ABBREVIATED

AB
BB
OPS
SO

FAMOUS BOS

BICHETTE
JACKSON
NIX
RYAN

FIRST FOUR LETTERS OF NBA TEAM NAMES

CAVA
CLIP
HORN
ROCK

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