Today's Sports Connections hints
This page always carries the current NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle — #695, Wednesday, August 19, 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 (#695) 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 Franchises by location
- Tier 2 Franchises by location
- Tier 3 FIRST NAMES OF
- Tier 4 A person: ITALIAN SOCCER
Hint 2 — the four category names
- Easiest TENNESSEE PRO TEAMS
- Easy SEC TEAMS, FAMILIARLY
- Tricky FIRST NAMES OF DALLAS WINGS PLAYERS
- Hardest ASSOCIATED WITH ITALIAN SOCCER
Hint 3 — first letters of every answer
TENNESSEE PRO TEAMS: T. · G. · P. · N. S.
SEC TEAMS, FAMILIARLY: M. · V. · B. · A.
FIRST NAMES OF DALLAS WINGS PLAYERS: A. · O. · A. · P.
ASSOCIATED WITH ITALIAN SOCCER: A. · R. · S. S. · S.
Still stuck? See the full answers for #695, explained group by group →
Previous puzzles
Stuck on an earlier day? Each links straight to that day's full answers.
- #694 — Tuesday, August 18, 2026 · NOT WINNING, PURCHASES AT A GAME, MEMBERS OF THE "MAGNIFICENT SEVEN", ENDS IN A HOMOPHONE FOR KNICKS
- #693 — Monday, August 17, 2026 · WORDS HEARD DURING A COIN TOSS, DETERMINED, _____ PASS, IN BASKETBALL, RAIDERS IN THE HALL OF FAME
- #692 — Sunday, August 16, 2026 · ACC SCHOOLS, ABBREVIATED, FIRST NAMES OF AFC WEST QBS, TORONTO BLUE JAYS, DEFENSIVE _____
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