NY Times Connections: January 15 #584

Connections Puzzle #584 (January 15, 2025) Solutions and Hints

Stuck on today's NYT Connections puzzle? Don't worry, you're not alone! This guide provides hints, solutions, and category explanations to help you conquer this challenging word puzzle.

Puzzle Words: Peanut, Vehicle, Dirty, Robot, Shy, Big, Wet, Toad, Medium, Low, Perfect, Tool, Light, Mechanism, Dry, Short

General Hints:

1. Forget washing machine cycles! These categories aren't about laundry.
2. No focus on purely mechanical things like robots or vehicles.
3. Robot and Toad belong in the same group.

Yellow Category (Easy):

Hint: Think about the method or mode.

Solution: Means

Words: Mechanism, Medium, Tool, Vehicle

Green Category (Medium):

Hint: Consider what's inadequate.

Solution: Lacking

Words: Light, Low, Short, Shy

Blue Category (Hard):

Hint: Think "shaken, not stirred."

Solution: Martini Specifications

Words: Dirty, Dry, Perfect, Wet

Purple Category (Tricky):

Hint: Other possible entries: Rogers, Clean, Magoo, Bean

Solution: Fictional Misters

Words: Big, Peanut, Robot, Toad

Complete Solution:

• 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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