Sports Connections Hints: Aug 18, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Aug 18, 2025 (2025-08-18). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #521

Puzzle #521 · 2025-08-18 · 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 #521 for 2025-08-18, 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: FUNCTION, FANTASY FOOTBALL MOVES, TEAMS BREANNA STEWART 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.

FUNCTION
FANTASY FOOTBALL MOVES
TEAMS BREANNA STEWART HAS PLAYED FOR
RED _____

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.

FUNCTION

ROLE

DUTY

POSITION

ASSIGNMENT

FANTASY FOOTBALL MOVES

START

SIT

ADD

DROP

TEAMS BREANNA STEWART HAS PLAYED FOR

UCONN

STORM

LIBERTY

USA

RED _____

RAIDERS

BULLS

CARD

GRANGE

Reveal full answer

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