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NYT Connections #591 was the puzzle for Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Need a nudge? Start with the progressive hints below, then scroll to the spoiler-marked answer key for all four groups.
NYT Connections #591 was published on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. The grid includes four academic course formats, four things that can result from digging, four robe-wearing figures, and four words that pair with up.
If you are still solving, use the hints below in order. The answer section farther down contains the complete solution and spoilers.
The 16 words in Connections #591
Here is the full grid for January 22:
- BOXER
- DITCH
- BATTER
- LAB
- CHIN
- JUDGE
- PIT
- LAWYER
- LECTURE
- HOLE
- WIZARD
- DISCUSSION
- TRENCH
- BOTTOMS
- SEMINAR
- MONK
Hints for Connections #591
Try each level only when you need it. The first set gives broad category descriptions, while the later hints make the groupings increasingly clear.
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Gentle hints
- One group consists of learning formats.
- One group describes things that can be like a chasm.
- One group consists of people or characters who may be dressed to impress.
- One group contains words that can precede “up.”
Stronger hints
- TYPES OF ACADEMIC COURSES
- RESULTS OF SOME DIGGING
- ONES WEARING ROBES
- ___ UP
One-word nudges
These are one representative word from each group, not the full answers:
- DISCUSSION
- DITCH
- BOXER
- BATTER
Connections #591 answers for January 22, 2025
Spoiler warning: The complete categories and word groupings appear below.
Yellow: TYPES OF ACADEMIC COURSES
- DISCUSSION
- LAB
- LECTURE
- SEMINAR
These are all familiar formats or settings for academic instruction. A discussion, lab, lecture, or seminar might appear on a college course schedule or form part of a class.
Green: RESULTS OF SOME DIGGING
- DITCH
- HOLE
- PIT
- TRENCH
Each word describes a depression, excavation, or passage that can be made by digging. The words are related by their physical result rather than by a single type of digging.
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Blue: ONES WEARING ROBES
- BOXER
- JUDGE
- MONK
- WIZARD
This is the puzzle’s broad, image-based connection. A boxer may wear a boxing robe, a judge wears judicial robes, a monk wears religious robes, and a wizard is conventionally portrayed in a robe. They do not share a profession or fictional setting; the common link is the clothing associated with each one.
Purple: ___ UP
- BATTER
- BOTTOMS
- CHIN
- LAWYER
Each word forms a familiar expression when followed by up:
- Batter up — a baseball call inviting the batter to take their turn.
- Bottoms up — a toast or instruction associated with finishing a drink.
- Chin up — an expression of encouragement.
- Lawyer up — to obtain legal representation, especially before dealing with a legal matter.
The purple group is likely to be the toughest because the four words are connected by phrase mechanics rather than by a concrete subject or object.
Why this grid was tricky
Several words invite plausible but incorrect groupings. LAB is short and highly flexible, so it can look like part of an animal or breed-related set before the academic-course category becomes apparent. PIT can suggest animals, sports, or a theater, but here it simply belongs with other excavated spaces.
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BOTTOMS may tempt you toward clothing, particularly “bell bottoms.” That association is real, but it does not explain the other words in the grid. The intended match is bottoms up, alongside batter up, chin up, and lawyer up.
The robe category is deliberately loose. If you were looking for four people from the same field, BOXER, JUDGE, MONK, and WIZARD would not seem to belong together. Once the other three categories are removed, however, their shared visual association becomes clear.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How the Connections groups work
Connections presents 16 words that must be divided into four groups of four. You can make up to four mistakes. The colored categories traditionally range from yellow, generally the easiest, to purple, generally the most difficult. Those colors indicate intended difficulty, not a required solving order: a solver may find the purple group first or struggle with the yellow group.
For a grid like #591, a useful approach is to test whether a suspected connection accounts for exactly four words and leaves the remaining words with stronger, cleaner relationships. If a word fits several possible categories, treat it as a likely red herring until the surrounding three words confirm the intended group.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What date was Connections puzzle #591?
NYT Connections #591 was published on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. It is not the puzzle from January 22, 2026, which has a different number and answer set.
What were the categories in Connections #591?
The four categories are TYPES OF ACADEMIC COURSES, RESULTS OF SOME DIGGING, ONES WEARING ROBES, and ___ UP.
Why are BATTER, BOTTOMS, CHIN, and LAWYER grouped together?
BATTER, BOTTOMS, CHIN, and LAWYER form phrases with “up”: batter up, bottoms up, chin up, and lawyer up.
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The solution to NYT Connections #591 on January 22, 2025: DISCUSSION, LAB, LECTURE, SEMINAR are academic courses; DITCH, HOLE, PIT, TRENCH are results of digging; BOXER, JUDGE, MONK, WIZARD are ones wearing robes; and BATTER, BOTTOMS, CHIN, LAWYER pair with “up.”
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