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 hand? Here are some hints and solutions, broken down by category:

General Hints:

• The categories aren't errand-related locations.
• No categories involve the phrase "____ up."
• "Earth" and "Book" belong to the same category.

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 word to create common phrases.
• 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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