NYT Connections: Hints & Solutions (#574) Available Now

The NYT Connections puzzle for January 5th, 2025 (#574) presents a challenging word grouping game. This article provides hints, solutions, and complete answers to help you conquer this brain teaser. The sixteen words are: Stop, Gross, Make, Home, Yield, Volume, Slow, Snare, Quiet, Kettle, Net, Mute, Ear, Sleepy, Oil, and Calm.

General Hints:

• Forget street signs and corn – those aren't the themes here.
• Mute and Stop belong together.

Category Hints and Answers:

Yellow Category (Easy):

• Hint: Think about descriptors for a small, perhaps quiet, town.
• Answer: Hardly Bustling
• Words: Calm, Quiet, Sleepy, Slow

Green Category (Medium):

• Hint: Relates to the amount of money you earn.
• Answer: Earn
• Words: Gross, Make, Net, Yield

Blue Category (Hard):

• Hint: Consider functions found on a remote control.
• Answer: Remote Control Functions
• Words: Home, Mute, Stop, Volume

Purple Category (Tricky):

• Hint: Each word can be followed by a specific four-letter word to create common compound words.
• Answer: Words Before Drum
• Words: Ear, Kettle, Oil, Snare

Complete Answers:

• Yellow - Hardly Bustling: Calm, Quiet, Sleepy, Slow
• Green - Earn: Gross, Make, Net, Yield
• Blue - Remote Control Functions: Home, Mute, Stop, Volume
• Purple - Words Before Drum: Ear, Kettle, Oil, Snare

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