Sports Connections Hints: Nov 15, 2025

This page shows spoiler‑layered hints for the NYT Sports Connections puzzle published on Nov 15, 2025 (2025-11-15). Step through the hints in order and only reveal the full board when you're ready.

Meta: Sports puzzle #626

Puzzle #626 · 2025-11-15 · 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 #626 for 2025-11-15, 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: HEADGEAR, A SCORE IN BASKETBALL, FIRST NAMES OF SEC QBS 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.

HEADGEAR
A SCORE IN BASKETBALL
FIRST NAMES OF SEC QBS
SUPER_____

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.

HEADGEAR

HAT

CAP

VISOR

BALACLAVA

A SCORE IN BASKETBALL

BASKET

BUCKET

FIELD GOAL

MAKE

FIRST NAMES OF SEC QBS

ARCH

TRINIDAD

DIEGO

SUPER_____

SPEEDWAY

STAR

SONICS

FLEX

Reveal full answer

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