Sports Connections Hints: Sep 6, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Sep 6, 2025 (2025-09-06). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

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Puzzle #546 · 2025-09-06 · 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 #546 for 2025-09-06, 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: TENNIS STATISTICS, POKER VARIANTS, FAMILIARLY, GIANTS QBS, PAST AND PRESENT 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.

TENNIS STATISTICS
POKER VARIANTS, FAMILIARLY
GIANTS QBS, PAST AND PRESENT
TEAMS COACHED BY LANE KIFFIN

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.

TENNIS STATISTICS

ACES

DOUBLE FAULTS

UNFORCED ERRORS

WINNERS

POKER VARIANTS, FAMILIARLY

HOLD 'EM

OMAHA

HORSE

STUD

GIANTS QBS, PAST AND PRESENT

SIMMS

MANNING

TITTLE

WILSON

TEAMS COACHED BY LANE KIFFIN

MISSISSIPPI

TENNESSEE

USC

RAIDERS

Reveal full answer

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