Today's Sports Connections hints
This page always carries the current NYT Connections Sports Edition puzzle — #750, Tuesday, October 13, 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 (#750) 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 MISTAKE
- Tier 2 BIG EAST SCHOOLS
- Tier 3 TENNIS BALL BRANDS
- Tier 4 NWSL MVPS
Hint 2 — the four category names
- Easiest MISTAKE
- Easy BIG EAST SCHOOLS
- Tricky TENNIS BALL BRANDS
- Hardest NWSL MVPS
Hint 3 — first letters of every answer
MISTAKE: H. · E. · B. · F.
BIG EAST SCHOOLS: V. · P. · C. · D.
TENNIS BALL BRANDS: P. · D. · B. · W.
NWSL MVPS: H. · K. · C. · F.
Still stuck? See the full answers for #750, explained group by group →
Previous puzzles
Stuck on an earlier day? Each links straight to that day's full answers.
- #749 — Monday, October 12, 2026 · DC SPORTS TEAMS, GEORGES, NICKNAMES OF NFL CORNERBACKS, _____ DRIBBLE
- #748 — Sunday, October 11, 2026 · GIVES UP, OKLAHOMA TEAMS, TYRESE HALIBURTON TEAMS, NFL TEAMS, WITH THE SECOND LETTER CHANGED
- #747 — Saturday, October 10, 2026 · MLB TEAMS, ON SCOREBOARDS, TERMS FOR A FRONTCOURT BASKETBALL PLAYER, A TEXAS COLLEGE ATHLETE, BALL _____
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