Connections is a daily word puzzle presenting sixteen words without hints. The challenge is to categorize these words into four groups with limited incorrect attempts.
This guide provides solutions and hints for NYT Connections Puzzle #578 (January 9, 2025).
Puzzle Words: Shining, Finance, Table, Sit, Stand, Stay, To, It, Sea, Stall, Come, From, Legal, Heel, Booth, Sales.
General Hints:
- No categories relate to horror films.
- No categories involve travel or movement between locations.
- "Legal" and "Sales" belong in the same group.
Category Hints and Solutions:
Yellow (Easy):
Hint: A small, temporary sales location, not a storefront or online.
Answer: Vendor's Spot at a Market
Words: Booth, Stall, Stand, Table
Green (Medium):
Hint: Dog training commands.
Answer: Dog Commands
Words: Come, Heel, Sit, Stay
Blue (Hard):
Hint: Business departments.
Answer: Corporate Departments
Words: Finance, IT, Legal, Sales
Purple (Tricky):
Hint: Final words of a famous American patriotic song.
Answer: Last Words in "America the Beautiful"
Words: From, Sea, Shining, To
Complete Solution:
- Yellow: Vendor's Spot at a Market: Booth, Stall, Stand, Table
- Green: Dog Commands: Come, Heel, Sit, Stay
- Blue: Corporate Departments: Finance, IT, Legal, Sales
- Purple: Last Words in "America the Beautiful": From, Sea, Shining, To
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