NYT Connections: Enhanced Content for Google Discovery (#579, 10 Jan '25)

This article provides solutions and hints for the New York Times Connections puzzle #579, published January 10, 2025. The puzzle features the words: Sugar, Goat, Relax, Orange, Host, Rest, Door, Hinge, Easy, Rye, Depend, Car, Rely, Chill, Enough, and Bitters.

Word List: Sugar, Goat, Relax, Orange, Host, Rest, Door, Hinge, Easy, Rye, Depend, Car, Rely, Chill, Enough, Bitters

Quick Links:

• Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #579 for January 10, 2025
• Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle
• Answers for Today's NYT Connections #579 for January 10, 2025

Understanding the Puzzle:

Connections is a word puzzle requiring players to categorize words into four groups based on their relationships. Limited incorrect attempts are allowed.

Hints and Solutions:

The following sections offer hints and reveal the solutions for each category. Proceed cautiously if you prefer to solve the puzzle independently. Each section includes a hint image:

Yellow Category (Straightforward):

• Hint: Conditional on something else.
• Answer: Be Contingent On
• Words: Depend, Hinge, Rely, Rest

Green Category (Medium Difficulty):

• Hint: "Loosen up, man. Mellow out."
• Answer: Calm Down!
• Words: Chill, Easy, Enough, Relax

Blue Category (Difficult):

• Hint: "Bartender, what's in this delicious drink?"
• Answer: Ingredients in an Old Fashioned
• Words: Bitters, Orange, Rye, Sugar

Purple Category (Tricky):

• Hint: Should you switch your door, or should you keep it? Will you get a goat?
• Answer: Featured in the Monty Hall Problem
• Words: Car, Door, Goat, Host

Complete Solution:

• Yellow: Be Contingent On: Depend, Hinge, Rely, Rest
• Green: "Calm Down!": Chill, Easy, Enough, Relax
• Blue: Ingredients in an Old Fashioned: Bitters, Orange, Rye, Sugar
• Purple: Featured in the Monty Hall Problem: Car, Door, Goat, Host

Play the Puzzle:

Visit the New York Times Games Connections website to play. The game is accessible on most devices with a web browser.