Sports Connections Hints: May 30, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on May 30, 2025 (2025-05-30). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #440

Puzzle #440 · 2025-05-30 · 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 #440 for 2025-05-30, 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: THROW OUT OF A GAME, FOOTBALL RUNNING PLAYS, HALL OF FAME HOCKEY GOALTENDERS 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.

THROW OUT OF A GAME
FOOTBALL RUNNING PLAYS
HALL OF FAME HOCKEY GOALTENDERS
FIRST THREE LETTERS OF NHL TEAM NAMES

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.

THROW OUT OF A GAME

TOSS

EJECT

CHASE

BOOT

FOOTBALL RUNNING PLAYS

DRAW

DIVE

COUNTER

REVERSE

HALL OF FAME HOCKEY GOALTENDERS

ROY

PARENT

HASEK

LUONGO

FIRST THREE LETTERS OF NHL TEAM NAMES

PEN

FLY

MAP

PAN

Reveal full answer

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