New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #582 January 13, 2025

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, clues, and solutions to assist you.

General Hints:

1. The categories don't relate to errand-running locations.
2. No category uses the phrase "____ up."
3. "Earth" and "Book" belong in 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 "worm" to create 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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