Sports Connections Hints: May 20, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on May 20, 2025 (2025-05-20). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #431

Puzzle #431 · 2025-05-20 · 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 #431 for 2025-05-20, 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: TEAM, CHICAGO TEAMS, TEAMS JUAN SOTO HAS PLAYED FOR 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.

TEAM
CHICAGO TEAMS
TEAMS JUAN SOTO HAS PLAYED FOR
NBA TEAMS WITH THE FIRST LETTER CHANGED

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.

TEAM

UNIT

SIDE

SQUAD

CLUB

CHICAGO TEAMS

WHITE SOX

SKY

BEARS

FIRE

TEAMS JUAN SOTO HAS PLAYED FOR

NATIONALS

PADRES

YANKEES

METS

NBA TEAMS WITH THE FIRST LETTER CHANGED

MEAT

GULLS

SLIPPERS

BUNS

Reveal full answer

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