New York Times Connections: Hints for #584

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

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

The Puzzle: The puzzle includes the words: Peanut, Vehicle, Dirty, Robot, Shy, Big, Wet, Toad, Medium, Low, Perfect, Tool, Light, Mechanism, Dry, and Short.

General Hints:

1. Forget laundry settings! These categories aren't about washing machines or dryers.
2. The categories aren't focused on mechanical items like robots or vehicles.
3. "Robot" and "Toad" belong in the same group.

Category Hints and Solutions:

Yellow Category (Easy):

Hint: Think about the mode or method.

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: Consider other fictional characters like 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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