Sports Connections Hints: Sep 5, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Sep 5, 2025 (2025-09-05). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #545

Puzzle #545 · 2025-09-05 · 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 #545 for 2025-09-05, 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: BOWLING TERMS, CITIES HOSTING NFL INTERNATIONAL GAMES THIS SEASON, ASSOCIATED WITH VINCE CARTER 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.

BOWLING TERMS
CITIES HOSTING NFL INTERNATIONAL GAMES THIS SEASON
ASSOCIATED WITH VINCE CARTER
WORDS IN THE NAMES OF MLS CLUBS

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.

BOWLING TERMS

STRIKE

SPLIT

SPARE

GUTTER

CITIES HOSTING NFL INTERNATIONAL GAMES THIS SEASON

SÃO PAULO

LONDON

BERLIN

MADRID

ASSOCIATED WITH VINCE CARTER

TORONTO

UNC

DUNK CONTEST

VINSANITY

WORDS IN THE NAMES OF MLS CLUBS

CITY

REAL

UNITED

INTER

Reveal full answer

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