Sports Connections Hints: Sep 18, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Sep 18, 2025 (2025-09-18). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #563

Puzzle #563 · 2025-09-18 · 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 #563 for 2025-09-18, 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: CARD SUITS, DEPENDABLE, _____ ALLEN 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.

CARD SUITS
DEPENDABLE
_____ ALLEN
SPORTS TERMS … OR WORDS IN THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET

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.

CARD SUITS

CLUB

DIAMOND

SPADE

HEART

DEPENDABLE

CONSISTENT

STEADY

RELIABLE

UNFAILING

_____ ALLEN

RAY

PHOG

JOSH

DICK

SPORTS TERMS … OR WORDS IN THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET

GOLF

UNIFORM

VICTOR

YANKEE

Reveal full answer

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