Connections returns with another brain-bending puzzle! To win, you must correctly categorize sixteen words with fewer than four mistakes. The words themselves are your only clues.
If you're a Connections veteran, you know the challenge. Need help? This guide provides hints, solutions, and category clues.
Words in NYT Connections Puzzle #585 (January 16, 2025):
Market, Switch, Plant, Mall, Trade, Gym, Outlet, Asset, Rug, Business, Mole, Sconce, Pack, Agent, Baseboard, Commerce.
Hints & Solutions:
General Hints:
- These aren't typical places to shop or run errands.
- "Asset" and "Mole" belong together.
- "Mall" and "Pack" share a category.
Yellow Category (Easy):
Hint: Economic transactions.
Yellow Category Solution: Buying and Selling.
Words: Business, Commerce, Market, Trade
Green Category (Medium):
Hint: Consider: fireplace, TV, window, crown molding.
Green Category Solution: Installed On a Wall.
Words: Baseboard, Outlet, Sconce, Switch
Blue Category (Hard):
Hint: Think informer, operative.
Blue Category Solution: Spy.
Words: Agent, Asset, Mole, Plant
Purple Category (Tricky):
Hint: Each word can be followed by a three-letter animal to form a common phrase.
Purple Category Solution: ___ Rat.
Words: Gym, Mall, Pack, Rug
Complete Solution:
- Yellow: Buying and Selling: Business, Commerce, Market, Trade
- Green: Installed On a Wall: Baseboard, Outlet, Sconce, Switch
- Blue: Spy: Agent, Asset, Mole, Plant
- Purple: ___ Rat: Gym, Mall, Pack, Rug
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