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.
The Puzzle:
The puzzle includes these sixteen words: Peanut, Vehicle, Dirty, Robot, Shy, Big, Wet, Toad, Medium, Low, Perfect, Tool, Light, Mechanism, Dry, and Short.
General Hints:
Before diving into specific solutions, consider these overall clues:
- The word groups aren't related to laundry settings (washer/dryer cycles).
- The categories don't focus solely on mechanical objects (robots, vehicles).
- "Robot" and "Toad" belong in the same group.
Category Hints and Solutions:
The following sections offer hints and answers for each color-coded category. Expand each section to reveal the information.
Yellow Category (Easy):
Hint: The mode, the method.
Answer: Means
Words: Mechanism, Medium, Tool, Vehicle
Green Category (Medium):
Hint: Inadequate.
Answer: Lacking
Words: Light, Low, Short, Shy
Blue Category (Hard):
Hint: Shaken, not stirred.
Answer: Martini Specifications
Words: Dirty, Dry, Perfect, Wet
Purple Category (Tricky):
Hint: Think of other fictional characters with similar names: Rogers, Clean, Magoo, Bean.
Answer: 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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