Sports Connections Hints: Sep 7, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Sep 7, 2025 (2025-09-07). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #547

Puzzle #547 · 2025-09-07 · 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 #547 for 2025-09-07, 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: A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT, AREAS ON A FOOTBALL FIELD, STARTING QBS WHO CHANGED TEAMS THIS OFFSEASON 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.

A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT
AREAS ON A FOOTBALL FIELD
STARTING QBS WHO CHANGED TEAMS THIS OFFSEASON
STARTS WITH AN NHL TEAM IN SINGULAR FORM

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.

A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT

FEAT

ACCOMPLISHMENT

EXPLOIT

ACHIEVEMENT

AREAS ON A FOOTBALL FIELD

RED ZONE

END ZONE

MIDFIELD

SIDELINE

STARTING QBS WHO CHANGED TEAMS THIS OFFSEASON

FIELDS

RODGERS

SMITH

DARNOLD

STARTS WITH AN NHL TEAM IN SINGULAR FORM

JETER

CAPITALIZE

KINGDOM

FLAMETHROWER

Reveal full answer

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