New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #588 January 19, 2025

Connections is a short puzzle game you can play once a day. The premise is simple: you need to take all sixteen words and figure out which ones belong into which of four categories. But you only have a handful of tries to do it in.

If you know how to play Connections, you know that simple instructions doesn’t automatically make a puzzle easy. Depending on your depth of knowledge of each of the categories, it can actually be quite difficult. If you need help with this one, you can find a whole bunch of hints below.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #588 for January 19, 2025

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Sun, Pool, Action, Aquarium, Claim, Geometry, Bluff, Suit, Cape, Purse, Tampa Bay, Kitty, Plain, Case, Pot, and Basin.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

There are a whole bunch of hints in the sections below. If you press the Read More button below the header of the item you want to see, it will unveil the hint or spoiler for this relaxing puzzle game.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

1. None of the groups are about summer time, vacation spots, or similar.

2. None of these categories are about watery locations.

3. Tampa Bay and Geometry go in the same group.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer in this innovative puzzle game: A trust, a pile of money for a purpose.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is Fund.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is Fund.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Kitty, Pool, Pot, Purse.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer: A lawsuit, a dispute, a trial.

Green Connections Category Answer

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Court Filing.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Court Filing.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Action, Case, Claim, Suit.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer: Other things you could put into this category: Mountains, Plateaus, Cliffs.

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Landforms.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Landforms.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Basin, Bluff, Cape, Plain.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in this minimalist puzzle game: Other things you could put into this category: Magnetic Fields, Tanning Beds, Oceans.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is They Have Rays.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is They Have Rays.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Aquarium, Geometry, Sun, Tampa Bay.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #588 for January 19, 2025

Searching for the full answer to this challenging puzzle game? All the categories and which words go where can be found in the section below. Open it up to take a peek at the entire answer for puzzle number 588.

• Yellow – Fund: Kitty, Pool, Pot, Purse
• Green – Court Filing: Action, Case, Claim, Suit
• Blue – Landforms: Basin, Bluff, Cape, Plain
• Purple – They Have Rays: Aquarium, Geometry, Sun, Tampa Bay

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Connections website available on almost any device with a browser.

Systems

Platform(s)

Web Browser
, Mobile

Released

June 12, 2023

Developer(s)

The New York Times Company

Publisher(s)

The New York Times Company

ESRB

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