Sports Connections Hints: May 13, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on May 13, 2025 (2025-05-13). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #425

Puzzle #425 · 2025-05-13 · 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 #425 for 2025-05-13, 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: IN THE LOWEST POSITION, HECKLE, NBA TEAMS WITH SINGULAR NICKNAMES 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.

IN THE LOWEST POSITION
HECKLE
NBA TEAMS WITH SINGULAR NICKNAMES
TEAMS WITH "GOLDEN" NICKNAMES

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.

IN THE LOWEST POSITION

CELLAR

BOTTOM

LAST

WORST

HECKLE

BOO

HISS

JEER

TAUNT

NBA TEAMS WITH SINGULAR NICKNAMES

MIAMI

OKLAHOMA CITY

ORLANDO

UTAH

TEAMS WITH "GOLDEN" NICKNAMES

MINNESOTA

TULSA

VEGAS

CAL

Reveal full answer

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