Sports Connections Hints: Jul 14, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Jul 14, 2025 (2025-07-14). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #486

Puzzle #486 · 2025-07-14 · 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 #486 for 2025-07-14, 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: ROUGH PATCH, PLAYED ON A TABLE, NBA ARENAS 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.

ROUGH PATCH
PLAYED ON A TABLE
NBA ARENAS
2025 MLB HR DERBY PARTICIPANTS, INFORMALLY

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.

ROUGH PATCH

SLUMP

DROUGHT

FUNK

RUT

PLAYED ON A TABLE

SNOOKER

POOL

PING PONG

AIR HOCKEY

NBA ARENAS

ROCKET

BALL

SCOTIABANK

STATE FARM

2025 MLB HR DERBY PARTICIPANTS, INFORMALLY

CAL

JAZZ

JUNIOR

ONEIL

Reveal full answer

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