NYT Connections puzzle #584, for Wednesday, January 15, 2025, has four hidden groups of four words. The hints below point you toward each category without naming the words. The full answer key follows a spoiler warning further down.
Hints for Connections #584
- Yellow (easiest): Think about ways or instruments by which something gets done.
- Green: Look for words that can describe falling short of an expected amount or being deficient.
- Blue: Several ordinary adjectives belong here, but they share a specific context. Think about a bar order.
- Purple (hardest): Each word completes a name that is often preceded by “Mr.” and belongs to a fictional character.
Spoiler warning: full answers below
Stop reading here if you want to solve the rest yourself. The answers for this date are listed below.
Answer key for January 15, 2025
| Color | Category | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | MEANS | MECHANISM, MEDIUM, TOOL, VEHICLE |
| Green | LACKING | LIGHT, LOW, SHORT, SHY |
| Blue | MARTINI SPECIFICATIONS | DIRTY, DRY, PERFECT, WET |
| Purple | FICTIONAL MISTERS | BIG, PEANUT, ROBOT, TOAD |
Why each group works
Yellow: MEANS
Here “means” is used in the sense of a method or channel for doing something. A mechanism, a medium, a tool, and a vehicle are each a way something is carried out or transmitted.
Green: LACKING
Light, low, short, and shy can each describe being deficient or below a required amount, as in “short of cash” or “light on staff.” The category is about falling short rather than about any shared meaning of the individual words.
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Blue: MARTINI SPECIFICATIONS
Dirty, dry, perfect, and wet are all terms a bartender might hear when a customer orders a martini. They read as plain adjectives until the cocktail context is supplied, which is why this group is easy to misread.
Purple: FICTIONAL MISTERS
Mr. Big, Mr. Peanut, Mr. Robot, and Mr. Toad are fictional characters who carry the “Mr.” title. Recognizing the title pattern is the key step here.
Rank #2
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Date and puzzle number check
Some search results pair January 15 with #583. That number belongs to January 14, 2025. Puzzle #584 is the one for Wednesday, January 15, and its answers are the ones listed above.
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The answers above match the solutions reported by independent answer guides published in January 2025, including Try Hard Guides (published January 14, 2025), Parade, and ComingSoon. The New York Times’ own archive was not checked against this date, so treat the key as the reported solution rather than an official confirmation.
Quick Recap
Rank #4
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Rank #3
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Sources
- Connections Hint Archive, “NYT Connections Archives Free – All Past Puzzle Answers,” January 2025 entries.
- Try Hard Guides, Christine Mielke, “NYT Connections Answers for January 15 2025,” published January 14, 2025.
- ComingSoon, “Connections Help, Hints & Clues for Today, January 15.”
- Parade, “NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Wednesday, January 15,” which identifies the puzzle as #584.
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