Today's Sports Connections hints
This page always carries the current NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle — #692, Sunday, August 16, 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 (#692) 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 ACC SCHOOLS, ABBREVIATED
- Tier 2 FIRST NAMES OF
- Tier 3 TORONTO BLUE JAYS
- Tier 4 Look at the words themselves
Hint 2 — the four category names
- Easiest ACC SCHOOLS, ABBREVIATED
- Easy FIRST NAMES OF AFC WEST QBS
- Tricky TORONTO BLUE JAYS
- Hardest DEFENSIVE _____
Hint 3 — first letters of every answer
ACC SCHOOLS, ABBREVIATED: P. · B. · C. · C.
FIRST NAMES OF AFC WEST QBS: J. · B. · F. · P.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS: B. · C. · S. · G.
DEFENSIVE _____: I. · E. · T. · B.
Still stuck? See the full answers for #692, explained group by group →
Previous puzzles
Stuck on an earlier day? Each links straight to that day's full answers.
- #691 — Saturday, August 15, 2026 · TEAMS TO NEVER WIN A WORLD SERIES, JOBS AT A GOLF COURSE, KANSAS CITY TEAMS, ANAGRAMS OF WNBA TEAMS
- #690 — Friday, August 14, 2026 · EASY OPPONENT, "GROUP OF 6" COLLEGE CONFERENCES, ASSOCIATED WITH 3, ENDS IN AN ELEMENT ON THE PERIODIC TABLE
- #689 — Thursday, August 13, 2026 · LAST FOUR TEAMS TO WIN A SUPER BOWL, TAMPA BAY-AREA TEAMS, MATT _____, NBA TEAMS, WITH THE FIRST LETTER CHANGED
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