New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #575 January 6, 2025

Connections Puzzle #575 Solution (January 6, 2025)

This article provides the solutions for the New York Times Connections puzzle #575, released on January 6, 2025. The puzzle challenges players to categorize a set of words into four distinct categories based solely on the words themselves. Finding the connections can be tricky, but this guide reveals the answers.

The words included in the puzzle are: Blanket, Boot, Breeze, Rum, Picnic, Pant, Umbrella, Pie, Heave, Ars, ABC, General, Broad, Gasp, But, and Puff.

Before revealing the solutions, here's a helpful tip: The definition of "Ars" (often an acronym) is irrelevant to solving this particular puzzle.

Solution Breakdown:

The puzzle's four categories and their corresponding words are:

• Breathe Hard: Gasp, Heave, Pant, Puff
  (This category describes words related to strenuous breathing.)

• Catchall: Blanket, Broad, General, Umbrella (This category encompasses words that represent wide-ranging or inclusive concepts.)

• Metaphors for Easy Things: ABC, Breeze, Picnic, Pie (This category groups words commonly used as metaphors for simplicity or ease.)

• Synonyms for Rear End Minus Last Letter: Ars, Boot, But, Rum (This category contains words that, when the last letter is removed, become synonyms for the rear end.)

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