Sports Connections Hints: May 27, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on May 27, 2025 (2025-05-27). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #437

Puzzle #437 · 2025-05-27 · 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 #437 for 2025-05-27, 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: FAST, CHESS PIECES, NBA PLAYER 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.

FAST
CHESS PIECES
NBA PLAYER NICKNAMES
_____ PLAY

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.

FAST

SPEEDY

QUICK

SWIFT

RAPID

CHESS PIECES

KING

KNIGHT

ROOK

PAWN

NBA PLAYER NICKNAMES

JOKER

SGA

DAME

SPIDA

_____ PLAY

POWER

STROKE

DOUBLE

MATCH

Reveal full answer

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