Today's Sports Connections hints
This page always carries the current NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle — #762, Sunday, October 25, 2026. The hints reveal one tier at a time so you can take the smallest nudge that gets you unstuck. We verify the puzzle number against the live game every day, so it is never off by one.
Today's puzzle (#762) has four groups. Reveal exactly as much as you need — a nudge, then the category names, then the first letters. The full answers stay on their own page so you don't spoil it by accident.
Hint 1 — a one-word nudge for each group
- Tier 1 Player nicknames
- Tier 2 Look at the words themselves
- Tier 3 FAMOUS CANADIAN ATHLETES
- Tier 4 Franchises by location
Hint 2 — the four category names
- Easiest NHL TEAMS WITH SINGULAR NICKNAMES
- Easy CONTAINS A DOUBLE Z
- Tricky FAMOUS CANADIAN ATHLETES
- Hardest STARTS OF LOS ANGELES TEAM NAMES
Hint 3 — first letters of every answer
NHL TEAMS WITH SINGULAR NICKNAMES: M. · W. · K. · A.
CONTAINS A DOUBLE Z: J. · G. · M. · R.
FAMOUS CANADIAN ATHLETES: M. · O. · N. · V.
STARTS OF LOS ANGELES TEAM NAMES: G. · C. · L. · C.
Still stuck? See the full answers for #762, explained group by group →
Previous puzzles
Stuck on an earlier day? Each links straight to that day's full answers.
- #761 — Saturday, October 24, 2026 · WHERE A PITCHER THROWS FROM, ACC SCHOOL LOCATIONS, GENO SMITH TEAMS, DALLAS _____
- #760 — Friday, October 23, 2026 · MLB TEAMS TO REACH THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES THIS YEAR, FORMER MLB TEAM NAMES, BREWERS ALL-STARS, HISTORICALLY, WORLD SERIES MVPS, WITH THE FIRST LETTER CHANGED
- #759 — Thursday, October 22, 2026 · WORKERS AT A STADIUM, GIANTS QBS, PAST AND PRESENT, PASS _____, ENDS IN AN NBA MVP
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