Sports Connections Hints: May 7, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on May 7, 2025 (2025-05-07). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #418

Puzzle #418 · 2025-05-07 · 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 #418 for 2025-05-07, 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: PREVENT A GOAL, STATS FOR A RUNNING BACK, MLB MASCOTS 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.

PREVENT A GOAL
STATS FOR A RUNNING BACK
MLB MASCOTS
HOMOPHONES OF NFL HEAD COACHES

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.

PREVENT A GOAL

BLOCK

PARRY

STOP

SAVE

STATS FOR A RUNNING BACK

ATTEMPTS

YARDS

TOUCHDOWNS

FUMBLES

MLB MASCOTS

WALLY

BLOOPER

ORBIT

MR. MET

HOMOPHONES OF NFL HEAD COACHES

READ

BOWLS

CAROL

TAILOR

Reveal full answer

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