Sports Connections Hints: Oct 12, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Oct 12, 2025 (2025-10-12). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #590

Puzzle #590 · 2025-10-12 · 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 #590 for 2025-10-12, 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: MINNESOTA TEAMS, PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMS, FAMILIARLY, FIRST NAMES OF U.S. WOMEN'S GYMNASTS 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.

MINNESOTA TEAMS
PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMS, FAMILIARLY
FIRST NAMES OF U.S. WOMEN'S GYMNASTS
ENDS IN A BODY PART

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.

MINNESOTA TEAMS

WILD

LYNX

TWINS

VIKINGS

PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMS, FAMILIARLY

FOREST

VILLA

WOLVES

CITY

FIRST NAMES OF U.S. WOMEN'S GYMNASTS

SIMONE

JADE

JORDAN

SUNISA

ENDS IN A BODY PART

METCALF

CHAMPIONSHIP

BACKFLIP

BUCKEYE

Reveal full answer

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