Connections Puzzle #584 (January 15, 2025) Solutions and Hints
Stuck on the NYT Connections puzzle for January 15th, 2025? Don't worry, you're not alone! This guide provides hints, solutions, and category explanations to help you conquer this challenging word game.
The Puzzle: Sixteen words need sorting into four categories.
The Words: Peanut, Vehicle, Dirty, Robot, Shy, Big, Wet, Toad, Medium, Low, Perfect, Tool, Light, Mechanism, Dry, Short.
Hints and Solutions:
General Hints:
- Forget washing machine cycles – these categories are unrelated.
- Mechanical items (robots, vehicles) aren't the focus.
- Robot and Toad belong together.
Yellow Category (Easy):
Hint: Think about methods or modes.
Solution: Means
Words: Mechanism, Medium, Tool, Vehicle
Green Category (Medium):
Hint: Consider what's insufficient or lacking.
Solution: Lacking
Words: Light, Low, Short, Shy
Blue Category (Hard):
Hint: Think about the descriptive terms for a classic cocktail.
Solution: Martini Specifications
Words: Dirty, Dry, Perfect, Wet
Purple Category (Tricky):
Hint: Consider other fictional characters with similar names (e.g., Rogers, Clean, Magoo, Bean).
Solution: Fictional Misters
Words: Big, Peanut, Robot, Toad
Complete Solution Summary:
- Yellow (Means): Mechanism, Medium, Tool, Vehicle
- Green (Lacking): Light, Low, Short, Shy
- Blue (Martini Specifications): Dirty, Dry, Perfect, Wet
- Purple (Fictional Misters): Big, Peanut, Robot, Toad
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