Today’s Connections Hints & Answers For January 19, 2025 (Puzzle #588)

If you are looking to get away clean on today’s Connections puzzle, it might be difficult to do without a little more information. I found this puzzle on the harder side, although it was more due to the meanings that I was thinking of than how tricky the puzzle was. I had some very specific definitions in mind for some of these, which made it much harder to solve within the confines of the puzzle. To help you avoid that, here are all the tips and tricks you need.

If you want to play a game that is just as complex and risky as Connections, you should check out the NYT’s Wordle puzzle. Most of the other games are a little more forgiving in that there’s not an obvious limit on guessing, you just have the time limit of finishing by the end of the day. However, as in this puzzle, Wordle also has a limit of only 6 guesses. It adds an element of risk and challenge that is not present in the other games, as there is a much greater chance of failure as well.

Today’s Connections Category Hints

JANUARY 19 #588

If you do not want to take that risk on today’s puzzle, or you at least want to minimize it, getting a few hints about the puzzle will help you narrow down the answer choices. There was at least one word that I didn’t have any familiarity with its use in this context, and a few words that I just didn’t see in the right light at first. That can make it quite hard to finish the puzzle. However, with the right hints, you can get everything you need.

One category is about something that collects a little bit from everyone

One category is about things that can all happen at the same place

One category is about different things that shape the world

One category is about four things that all share something in common – however, that thing in common is a word, but not all the definitions of that word

If that is not quite enough, which it may well not be, you can use these category names to further narrow down the answers.

Today’s Connections Answers

JANUARY 19 #588

Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

This one would definitely get me under any normal circumstances. I don’t think I have been around anyone who uses the word KITTY in this fashion. The inclusion of this word in this category surprised me, which explains why I couldn’t figure out why it didn’t fit in anywhere. I think I would have put BASIN here first since it at least is a container, but coming back to this one at the end might make things difficult, as the last category is tricky in and of itself.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

This category was the easiest one for me today. Seeing CLAIM and CASE made it more obvious, but I still had to put ACTION and SUIT together. It did take me a moment, as I do not think about those definitions often (which I consider to be quite fortunate really). However, I was able to put that together fairly quickly all considered, and it was the first category I got today. I do not have to file a CLAIM against myself for my lacking skills on this category today.

Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

This one was also a little tricky, but mainly because I was looking at the words in a way I wasn’t supposed to. BASIN I originally had with POOL, POT, and AQUARIUM, as things that could all hold water. This was a big mistake early on, and I wasted a guess on it. I was genuinely surprised that it was incorrect, so I then had to rethink everything. I also saw CAPE as the piece of clothing instead of the landform, which contributed to the difficulty of getting this category done.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

This one is going to be hard to guess. Sportsball, as usual, was my downfall, and having no idea that TAMPA BAY has a professional team called The Rays was unfortunate. I also am not sure I would have remembered high school GEOMETRY at this point, as I did do my best to forget it. However, usually the words that look like they have nothing to do with each other are the ones in the last category, so that makes it a little easier to guess blindly if you have too.

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