Solve the NYT Connections Puzzle #582 (January 13, 2025)
The New York Times Games presents Connections, a daily word puzzle. This puzzle provides a set of seemingly unrelated words, each belonging to one of four hidden categories. The challenge lies in identifying these categories using only the words themselves.
Today's puzzle (January 13, 2025) includes the following words: Bank, Park, Book, Store, Reserve, Train, School, Pool, Earth, Signal, Inch, Coach, Turn, Glow, Guide, and Brake.
Need a helping hand? Below are hints and solutions, progressively revealing more information.
General Hints:
- The categories don't involve errand-related locations.
- No categories are phrased as "____ up."
- "Earth" and "Book" belong to the same category.
Category Hints and Solutions:
Yellow Category (Easy):
Hint: To instruct, to tutor.
Answer: Teach
Words: Coach, Guide, School, Train
Green Category (Medium):
Hint: A hoard, a stash.
Answer: Cache
Words: Bank, Pool, Reserve, Store
Blue Category (Hard):
Hint: Other related terms: Change lanes, drive, parallel park, make a U-turn.
Answer: Driving Instruction Directives
Words: Brake, Park, Signal, Turn
Purple Category (Tricky):
Hint: Each word can be followed by a four-letter animal to form a common phrase.
Answer: ____ Worm
Words: Book, Earth, Glow, Inch
Complete Solution:
- Yellow - Teach: Coach, Guide, School, Train
- Green - Cache: Bank, Pool, Reserve, Store
- Blue - Driving Instruction Directives: Brake, Park, Signal, Turn
- Purple - ____ Worm: Book, Earth, Glow, Inch
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