New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #585 January 16, 2025

Get ready for another brain-bending puzzle from Connections! Your mission: correctly categorize all sixteen words with fewer than four mistakes. The catch? Your only clues are the words themselves.

If you're a Connections veteran, you know this can be tricky. Need a helping hand? This guide provides hints, spoilers, category clues, and more to guide you.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #585 for January 16, 2025

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

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Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints:

1. These aren't typical places to visit or run errands.
2. Asset and Mole belong together.
3. Mall and Pack share a category.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Hint: Think economic exchange.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

Buying and Selling

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

Buying and Selling: Business, Commerce, Market, Trade

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Hint: Think about other things you might find installed on a wall: fireplace, TV, window, crown molding.

Green Connections Category Answer

Installed On a Wall

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

Installed On a Wall: Baseboard, Outlet, Sconce, Switch

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Hint: Think informer, operative.

Blue Connections Category Answer

Spy

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

Spy: Agent, Asset, Mole, Plant

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Hint: Each word can be followed by the same three-letter animal word to create common phrases.

Purple Connections Category Answer

___ Rat

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

___ Rat: Gym, Mall, Pack, Rug

Answers for Today's NYT Connections #585 for January 16, 2025

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Complete Answers

• Yellow - Buying and Selling: Business, Commerce, Market, Trade
• Green - Installed On a Wall: Baseboard, Outlet, Sconce, Switch
• Blue - Spy: Agent, Asset, Mole, Plant
• Purple - ___ Rat: Gym, Mall, Pack, Rug

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