Connections #579 Answers
Friday, January 10, 2025
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #579 for Friday, January 10, 2025. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): be contingent (on)
- Green: “calm down”
- Blue: ingredients in an old fashioned
- Purple (hardest): featured in the monty hall problem
Answers
BE CONTINGENT (ON)
DEPEND, HINGE, RELY, REST
“CALM DOWN”
CHILL, EASY, ENOUGH, RELAX
INGREDIENTS IN AN OLD FASHIONED
BITTERS, ORANGE, RYE, SUGAR
FEATURED IN THE MONTY HALL PROBLEM
CAR, DOOR, GOAT, HOST
Previous Connections answers
- #578 — vendor’s spot at a market, dog commands, corporate departments, last words in “america the beautiful”
- #577 — section, accessories for playing an instrument, distinctive features of an elephant, words misspelled in nu metal band names
- #576 — vocal music, a handful of, book subtitles, ___ is ___ (is ___)
- #575 — breathe hard, catchall, metaphors for easy things, synonyms for rear end minus last letter
- #574 — hardly bustling, earn, remote control functions, words before “drum”
- #573 — crush into a compact shape, fasteners, mark as completed, depicted in dalí’s “the persistence of memory”
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