Sports Connections Hints: Apr 12, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Apr 12, 2025 (2025-04-12). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #389

Puzzle #389 · 2025-04-12 · 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 #389 for 2025-04-12, 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: PARTS OF A SNEAKER, FENCING TERMS, BASEBALL BAT MATERIALS 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.

PARTS OF A SNEAKER
FENCING TERMS
BASEBALL BAT MATERIALS
LAST FOUR WNBA FINALS MVPS

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.

PARTS OF A SNEAKER

EYELET

LACES

SOLE

TONGUE

FENCING TERMS

EPEE

FOIL

PISTE

SABRE

BASEBALL BAT MATERIALS

ALUMINUM

ASH

BIRCH

MAPLE

LAST FOUR WNBA FINALS MVPS

JONES

GRAY

WILSON

COPPER

Reveal full answer

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